Google Ranked Worst In Privacy

[madmusic]

This is a non-technical post and completely my own opinion (as if you asked). I’m sure you all have seen this by now, in the news, on blogs, or even on Google’s employees’ sites but it’s time for me to discuss my view on Google’s recent ranking of the absolute worst privacy of the top 23 companies chosen for scrutiny by Privacy International in their latest report. They ranked lower than anyone else looked at, and the list included companies like Microsoft, eBay, Yahoo and MySpace. Here is a choice quote that should put to rest that this is simply some rogue company’s vendetta against Google as some people have conjectured:

This material, submitted by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and coupled with a submission to the FTC from the New York State Consumer Protection Board, provided additional weight for our assessment that Google has created the most onerous privacy environment on the Internet.

http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070612/google-ranked-worst-in-privacy/

[Skink]

1. google knows all

www.google.com

[villager]

2. good search engine alternatives, anyone?

n/t

[madmusic]

3. ixquick.com

Sells itself as a privacy friendly search engine. Good for most searches.

[marmar]

4. No wonder * loves "The Google" ......

..... they're receptive to spying.

[MnFats]

5. so does this mean they know EVERY site I visited?

Sheesh! how embarrassing!



kidding, kidding. no, really.

[aquart]

6. Privacy for whom? User? Customers? Employees?

Whose privacy are we talking here?