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February 20, 2006
GOOGLE DESKTOP NOT PRIVATE
GOOGLE DESKTOP NOT PRIVATE
from BBC News, International edition
Search engine admits it stores, sells data when users
search their own computers.
Google is increasingly in the spotlight over the issue of privacy. A
leading US digital rights campaign group has warned against using
Google software which lets people organise and find information on
their computers.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation said the latest version of Google
Desktop posed a risk to privacy. This is because a feature in the
software lets Google keep personal data on its servers for up to 30
days. Google says it plans to encrypt all data transferred from users'
hard drives and restrict access.
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Posted by paba7 at February 20, 2006 04:33 PM
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