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    Google Street View faces more privacy critics 14/05/2009 05:04:00

    Google is running into problems with privacy advocates in Japan and Greece over its Google Maps feature, Street View. Google plans to re-shoot Street View photographs in the twelve Japanese cities currently available in Street View after privacy complaints. At issue was the fact that Google's Street View cameras were mounted so high they were shooting over private fences and into Japanese homes. Google says it will lower its cameras by 16 inches for its re-shoot and for all future Street View photographs in Japan. Street View cameras are mounted on cars and take photographs with 360-degree views of the surrounding area.
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    Privacy group calls Google Latitude a 'danger' to security 06/02/2009 08:51:00

    A privacy group is calling Google's new mapping application an "unnecessary danger" to users' security and privacy.
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    Google cookie expiration plans called 'worthless' 20/07/2007 08:33:01

    Google's plans to shorten the life-span of cookies installed on a user's computer, ostensibly to improve user privacy, is being dismissed by some as complete hype.
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    Google to state its case on public policy blog 19/06/2007 08:31:49

    Google, which has been working to ward off questions about its privacy policies and defend its YouTube subsidiary against a US$1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit filed in March by Viacom, Monday launched a blog that it will use to address those and other public policy issues -- and to try to enlist the aid of Internet users in its lobbying efforts.
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    Google adjusts privacy policy -- slightly 13/06/2007 08:45:43

    Google has decided to make the data it stores about end users anonymous in its server logs after 18 months, according to a blog posted Monday by the company's global privacy counsel.
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    Is Google 'hostile to privacy'? 13/06/2007 08:40:03

    Privacy International has released preliminary findings of its study of privacy practices at 20 major Net companies, and has named Google the worst of a generally bad lot.
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    Google hostile to privacy, group says 12/06/2007 08:56:56

    When it comes to protecting the privacy of its users, Google ranks worse than any other Internet company, according to an interim report by Privacy International. The international watchdog group also accused Google of engaging in a smear campaign in response to its findings, and demanded an apology.
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    Privacy issues continue to dog Google's Gmail 16/04/2004 09:34:13

    Since announcing Gmail two weeks ago, Google has been forced to defend the planned Web-based e-mail service against accusations that it may violate users' privacy. In the face of the attacks, especially vociferous in Europe, which has strict privacy regulations, Google has begun to express willingness to be flexible about how it offers the service.
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    Google's Gmail faces trademark, privacy challenges 13/04/2004 09:48:36

    The gigabyte storage capacity and long memory of Google' planned Web-based e-mail service are making it a big target for privacy campaigners -- and the name, Gmail, could soon be the subject of a trademark dispute, too.
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    European cyber-crime proposal blasted 09/03/2001 09:34:34

    The Council of Europe's draft cyber-crime treaty is vague in areas, slanted toward benefiting law enforcement and needs work overall, according to panellists who spoke about the document at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference held in the US this week.
 
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