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Google accused over privacy law
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
E-mail privacy suffered a serious setback on Tuesday when a court of appeals ruled that an e-mail provider did not break the law in reading his customers' communications without their consent. (article 2) Congress and the courts have responded by giving privacy protection to the contents of communications, including phone calls and e-mail messages, but denying strong protection to transactional information like phone numbers dialed and websites visited. (article 1) Canada's privacy watchdogs are warning young people to protect their personal information online - and they are urging governments to help them. (article 6) They 're concerned about how personal information can be used by cyber bullies, stalkers and companies trying to make a buck by selling information to marketers. (article 6) Several top consumer groups wrote an open letter to the Web search leader Tuesday, accusing it of violating a California law by failing to link to its privacy policy from. (article 4) Not rocket science The issue has been building momentum following a series of blogs in the New York Times questioning Google's compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003. (article 5) The law requires any commercial website that collects personal information about its users to "conspicuously post its privacy policy on its website". (article 5)

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  • Story keywords
    privacy, Google, Information, Warshak, law

    Source articles
    1. Courts Should Shield Web and E-Mail Data From Nosy Cops (Wired, 06/04/2008, 545 words)
    2. E-Mail Snooping Ruled Permissible (Wired, 06/04/2008, 388 words)
    3. Bush Keeps Privacy Posts Vacant (Wired, 06/04/2008, 604 words)
    4. Privacy advocates criticize Google home page (L.A. Times, 06/03/2008, 394 words)
    5. Google accused over privacy law (BBC News, 06/03/2008, 474 words)
    6. Privacy chiefs seek better online protection for kids (cbc.ca, 06/04/2008, 404 words)




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