Google To “Anonymize” Personal Data after 18-24 Months

Google made a major announcement today that by the end of the year will begin removing identifying data from its search logs after 18 -24 months: When you search on Google, we collect information about your search, such as the…

NYU Colloquium on Information Technology & Society Spring 2007 Schedule

The spring 2007 schedule for the Information Law Institute (NYU Law School) Colloquium on Information Technology & Society has been announced. I'm excited about the opportunity to moderate the panel on "A Discussion about Privacy in Web-Search" featuring Ramsey Homsany,…

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Others to Address Human Rights Violations

An important press release came out this week regarding a coalition of Internet companies, IT providers, human rights organizations, and academics joining forces to address human rights violations enabled by technologies and practices by some of the member organizations, such…