As we know, Google refuses to place a link to its privacy policy on either its homepage or search results pages. It has been pointed out (thanks, Chris) that the California Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003 requires the operator…
Month: May 2008
Comparing Search Engine Privacy Policy Visibility
Prompted by Google's resistance to cluttering its homepage with a link to its privacy policy, I decided to take a quick tour of the major search engines to compare the relative visibility of their privacy policies. AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo!…
Google Wants You to Search for their Privacy Policy (and they get to record that query!)
I've long complained about how it takes at least 2 clicks to get to Google's privacy policy from its homepage (3 clicks if you count its new Privacy Center splash page). And that's only if you happen to click on…
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CFP ’08: Clay Shirky, Konstantinos Karachalios, and a Letter to the President
There have been some exciting developments as we near the Computers, Freedom & Privacy conference on "Technology Policy ‘08": We are pleased to announce that Clay Shirky will deliver the closing plenary keynote on Friday lunch (5/23). (See my post…
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