Privacy Watchdogs Call Google Move ‘Good First Step’
GOOGLE’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WILL begin eliminating the connection between search queries and specific IP addresses after 18-24 months is a "good first step," say privacy watchdogs, but more needs to be done to protect users’ privacy.
"If the data’s there, there’s all sorts of ways it can get out, whether by accident or perhaps through some sort of subpoena," said Rebecca Jeschke, a spokesperson for the Electronic Freedom Frontier. "They can always go a little farther."
Link: MediaPost Publications - Privacy Watchdogs Call Google Move ‘Good First Step’ - 03/16/2007.