
Google is watching us. Must look at Google?
"If you have something you do not want you to know, maybe I should do in the first place. "Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google on CNBC.
Let's face it Google is an indispensable part of the Web. many services such as chromium, Gmail, Rush Street View and part of our surfing habits every day. Google is also, of course, one of the best companies worldwide. As Google is finance.yahoo.com 2 billion dollars in the last quarter of 2009 and is 17% from the previous quarter. On the other hand, Google has expanded its field with its Chrome browser and participation YouTube and DoubleClick.
Google collects and stores large amounts of data from users who believe it is necessary for him to be more effective and useful for web browsing. Lately, however, I and many others begin to be creeped about how Google manages this data, especially very personal, and the apparent lack of respect Google's privacy of its users. The above statement of Google CEO Eric Schmidt, gives me just to think if Google really respect the privacy of its users.
We will have four of its tools are the most popular site – Chrome, Gmail, Buzz, and Street View, which are under fire by all advocates of privacy rights government agencies to private citizens. With Chrome, Google's proprietary browser itself was introduced in late 2008, the main concern is the unique identifier assigned during installation. number of people concerned that this identification is used to track individual users. This concern was so great that according to Softpedia, Google has announced that it removes the identifier after the first update of the Chrome browser on the computer user. I never use. I use Firefox.
So is Gmail. If I had a dollar for every time I checked my email account only to find some stupid ads related to content my inbox, I'd be a millionaire. This is because Google automatically scans the content of your e-mail and adds contextual advertising for them. Of course, scan email is not subscribed to Gmail. fear. This is particularly painful because Google's digitization and preservation of this information facilitates piracy Chinese hackers attack as Gmail earlier this year.
Then there's Buzz, social networks and Google messaging tool. The criticism is that Buzz can rape of privacy, allowing users to Gmail Contacts "to show your contacts. This has led to actions such as:
· Commissioners Protection from countries such as Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom to send a letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt said the company "has not been sufficiently taken Privacy considerations "in the Google launch of Buzz. The letter is here:
• According to the Chronicle of San Francisco law firms in San Francisco and Washington, DC filed a lawsuit on behalf of Eva Hibnick and other Gmail users who believe that Buzz has expressed personal information without your consent.
• In March 2010, a group of U.S. congressmen has asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Buzz Google for violation of privacy and trust.
Finally, more shocking of all Google products – your Online mapping service, Street View, which offers satellite images of various places in the world. People accused him of taking photos and getting too close to people inside private homes without their knowledge. One example is that according to the Telegraph has enabled Google Street View images for a partially naked child in a family outing to go live over the Internet. Google finally apologized and removed the pictures. Real people can ask their homes be removed from Street View, in this case would not have helped.
Huge collection of Google and use apparent deviation from data on individuals and has not been ignored by those seeking to protect consumer privacy. Some recent action against Google and its various products include:
• In February 2003, Google named Google Watch Big Brother for a prize, such as Google describes an "privacy time bomb."
° in February 2010, three executives Google's has been granted six months' imprisonment suspended for violation of privacy Italian Code.
• In consultation 2007, Privacy International ranked Google as "hostile to privacy" the lowest rating in its report, which makes Google the only company in the list to receive this rating.
· Google has been requested by the Union strategy to reduce the time it stores its Street View images from 12 months to 6 months in the interest of privacy.
· Electronics Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed a complaint with the FTC in February, about Buzz Google Mars.
Then there is the question how Google deals with personal data of the user. A recent Washington Post article reveals that Google has received over 3,000 requests for information User July 2009 to December 2009. However, not many of these requests were honored or other details. There is also a forthcoming report by The Washington Post that Google is negotiating an agreement to share information with the National Security Agency (NSA) – the world's largest network for routine control of mass communication. I do not want to join the crowd of aluminum foil hat, but I am very concerned about this and other actions by Google. No one can remember in early 2005 when the Department of Justice filed a motion to "the text of each search word in the Google search engine for a period of two months (the absence of any identifying information the person who has entered this application)
To answer some of the dangers of this dispersion around identity theft, such as criminal harassment malware and spyware, among other wicked web that should be more aware of the information provided on sites like Google. The final solution lies in better protection Our legal information in cyberspace. As for privacy, I agree with the few people on the right – I hope the government with as much information about me. I do not like people are only fragments of information exchange as many pieces of gold. They see us as objects to be seen by satellites that virtually can search our homes. The biggest threats to privacy come not only as agents of information, but people who do not understand or respect the rights of privacy. Mr. Schmidt, has nothing to hide it is to have something to protect.
About the Author
I am a native Missourian with a B.A. in English and minors in creative writing and Journalism. I attended the University of Missouri and edited have several newspapers and newsletters. I have worked in several fields but lately have worked in the legal field (not an attorney). My site its www.myhumbleopinion.org
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