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Google to “systematically” provide data on suspect Orkut users to Brazilian authorities

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Social network services are increasingly being used in legal and criminal investigations. Google’s social networking site Orkut, which is immensely popular in Brazil, is no exception.
In 2006, I commented on Google’s decision to comply with a Brazilian court order to release data on Orkut users to help Brazilian authorities investigate use of the site related […]

More Details on Yahoo’s New Ad Sales System, AMP!

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Yahoo has issued a press release on their new ad sales system, AMP! that provided a few new insights into this “powerful new online advertising platform.” The New York Times broke this story earlier, which I blogged about here.
Interestingly, the Yahoo release avoids using the phrase “behavioral targeting” (which is mentioned in the NYT piece), […]

Article 29 Working Party: Opinion on Data Protection Issues Related to Search Engines

Monday, April 7th, 2008

The European Commission’s Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has released their long-awaited “Opinion on Data Protection Issues Related to Search Engines” (PDF), something I’ve debated here.
At first glance, it seems we’re in agreement that the Data Protection Directive applies to the processing of personal data by search engines. Here is the executive summary:
Search […]

Yahoo’s New Ad Sales System to Include Behavioral Targeting

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

The New York Times is reporting details of Yahoo’s forthcoming new advertising system which will allow targeting of ads based on users’ online activities:
Yahoo said the system, called AMP and still months away from being ready, would greatly simplify the task of selling online ads, allowing Yahoo’s publishing partners, for instance, to place ads on […]

Google (again) Opposes Anti-Censorship and Human Rights Proposals

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Let’s say you run an internet company whose primary function is to help individual locate and access information available on the World Wide Web. Let’s say your mission is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” and you’re very good at it, processing over half of every Web search performed […]

More (Limited) Peeks into Google Health

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Google has provided some more information about their beta eHealth product, including this claim regarding privacy and security:
Privacy and Security - Due to the sensitive and personal nature of the data that will be stored in Google Health, we need to conduct our health service with the same privacy, security, and integrity users have […]

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