Google Books, the latest project by Google is being compiled so that it is able to accomplish the mission of becoming the biggest online depository of e-books in the world.
Google has, however, hot-stepped right into yet another privacy concern row while doing so.
“Under its current design, Google Book Search keeps track of what books readers [...]
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Google Books a threat to privacy policy?
July 27th, 2009 |
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ACLU, EFF Demand Reader Privacy Protection in Google Book Search
July 24th, 2009 |
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The American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Berkeley Law Public Policy Clinic call for Google to institute strong reader privacy protection in the design and policies of the Google Book Search project. The groups ask the search engine to erase reader logging data after 30 days, allow readers to erase their reading records and protect reader records from law enforcement officials.
– Fearing that Google has not instituted adequate privacy measures to protect
readers in its Google Book Search initiative, three consumer rights groups have
asked Google to let users delete their book purchase records, erase reader
logging data after 30 days, and only disclose reader records for l…
Larry Siems: Why We’re Challenging the FAA
July 22nd, 2009 |
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Programs that allow governments to spy on their own citizens are often directed against writers and intellectuals and pose a serious threat to the intellectual and creative freedoms of all citizens.