Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The privacy policy of Google to be externally audited for 20 years

The Federal Trade Commission and Google have agreed to sign a pact that is a comprehensive program of preservation of privacy would resolve claims against the launch last year of Google Buzz, the company's foray into social networks received persistent criticism of the Internet for the information shared by its members.

The agreement, which does not imply recognition of wrongdoing, including external monitoring of its privacy policy for the next 20 years. The pact was supported by the five members of the committee and must be approved after a public comment period. Google has acknowledged that the launch of Buzz did not cover the requirements that the company has in privacy issues.


The intent of the Google network, Buzz, it took money to Google. The service was criticized for providing access to the contact list of its users, Google fixed facility after an avalanche of complaints. Some of them came to court.

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