Internet Needs New Privacy Laws On Tracking Users

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Did you notice the new Google?

Google and Yahoo are HOMEPAGES.

Now... everything you do on Google... with be attributed to that homepage.

Google.com  ...................now takes you to 

http://www.google.com/ig?hl=en

A Google Homepage
..................................

Oh Joy... now our every move is tracked 

(is that legal?) 

by these lovely... Homepages

If you have something to say to OH Great Google :)

Privacy Matters
c/o Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, California, 94043
USA

How Google "takes care of" your privacy....
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...personal information ... will be stored in a cookie on your machine and sent to Google when you request the page

...In some cases, other information including one or more of your Google cookies may also be technically available to the third party

..Use of your information by these third parties is not governed by this Privacy Policy. 

...tracking user trends, such as how people search. Google also uses cookies in its advertising services to help advertisers and publishers serve and manage ads across the web. We may set a cookie in your browser when you visit a website and view or click on an ad supported by Google’s advertising services. 

...our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. 

...our services in connection with other web sites. Personal information that you provide to those sites may be sent to Google in order to deliver the service. 

...Google may present links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed.

...Google processes personal information on our servers in the United States of America and in other countries. In some cases, we process personal information on a server outside your own country.

...In some cases, we may process personal information on behalf of and according to the instructions of a third party, 

...When you sign up for a particular service that requires registration, we ask you to provide personal information.

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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Internet Needs New Privacy Laws On Tracking Users Posted: January 11 2009 at 9:28pm
	Did you notice the new Google? Google and Yahoo are HOMEPAGES. Now... everything you do on Google... with be attributed to that homepage. Google.com ...................now takes you to http://www.google.com/ig?hl=en A Google Homepage .................................. Oh Joy... now our every move is tracked (is that legal?) by these lovely... Homepages If you have something to say to OH Great Google :) Privacy Matters c/o Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, California, 94043 USA How Google "takes care of" your privacy.... ......................................................................... ...personal information ... will be stored in a cookie on your machine and sent to Google when you request the page ...In some cases, other information including one or more of your Google cookies may also be technically available to the third party ..Use of your information by these third parties is not governed by this Privacy Policy. ...tracking user trends, such as how people search. Google also uses cookies in its advertising services to help advertisers and publishers serve and manage ads across the web. We may set a cookie in your browser when you visit a website and view or click on an ad supported by Google’s advertising services. ...our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. ...our services in connection with other web sites. Personal information that you provide to those sites may be sent to Google in order to deliver the service. ...Google may present links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed. ...Google processes personal information on our servers in the United States of America and in other countries. In some cases, we process personal information on a server outside your own country. ...In some cases, we may process personal information on behalf of and according to the instructions of a third party, ...When you sign up for a particular service that requires registration, we ask you to provide personal information.

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 11 2009 at 9:34pm
	Google Cache Ruled Fair Use \| Electronic Frontier Foundation Cell Tracking. Coders' Rights Project. Commentary. Development Agenda. Digital Radio ... Legal Analysis. Legislative Analysis. miniLinks. News Roundup. News Update ... www.eff.org/deeplinks/2006/01/google-cache-ruled-f... • Found on Yahoo! Search Tracking forwards - is it legal \| Forum \| E-consultancy.com Google SEO. Weblinx Ltd are a search engine marketing company that structure ... Subject: Tracking forwards - is it legal: Author: Loz: view profile \| all posts by this author \| add to ... www.e-consultancy.com/forum/102390-tracking-forwar... • Found on Windows Live Legal Eye: Who's tracking your online trail? - Software - Breaking ... Oct 1, 2008 ... Legal Eye: Who's tracking your online trail? ... While celebrating its 10th anniversary, Google has conceded to pressure and added a link to ... software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39296156,... • Found on Google

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 11 2009 at 9:44pm
	Google Among Web Cos. Tracking Users Without Explicit Consent ... Google Among Web Cos. Tracking Users Without Explicit Consent ... Visit ABA Journal at http://www.abajournal.com for breaking legal news updated throughout ... abajournal.com/news/google_among_web_cos_tracking_... • Found on Google, Yahoo! Search ....................... It's getting OUT OF HAND....what companies are allowed to do for the sake of advertising... greed vs privacy. Which will win out? Stay Tuned. ....................... Concerns arise over Google user tracking in SF By Peter Pollack \| Published: April 10, 2006 - 05:37PM CT Part of the problem with being successful is that you draw a lot of attention to yourself whenever you make a big move. In the case of Google's (along with partner Earthlink's) contract to provide wireless access to the city of San Francisco, the search company recently came under fire when it was revealed that Google would be tracking something besides data—the physical locations of the users of its service. The system that Google and Earthlink are building in San Francisco works in one of two ways: a fee-based plan costing US$20 per month, in which users will receive access at a connection speed of 1Mbps; and a free plan, in which users will receive access at 300Kbps, along with targeted Google advertising. It is the targeted advertising that is causing some concern. As anyone who has used Google's search engine knows, the company supplies relevant ads to go along with its search results. It does this because advertising is where the vast majority of the company's revenue comes from, making Google at its core, an advertising company. It's also fairly widely understood that Google's search engine retains information about users and searches in order to increase its accuracy. That treasure trove of information has already been requested by the government in a disputed legal case which raised red flags in the eyes of many citizens concerned about privacy. In the upcoming San Francisco WiFi system, Google will be funding the free connections by providing ads targeted by geographic location, in which a user can reportedly be tracked by Google within an accuracy of about 100 to 200 feet. For example, a user logging on a block away from a book store might receive advertising geared toward that store. Privacy advocates as well as potential customers have indicated concerns, not merely because Google will be able to track users as mobile phone companies do, but because of the accuracy of the information combined with the ability to gather knowledge of everything a user is doing online. All of that data in the hands of a private company is unsettling, but experience suggests that the goverment is likely to seek the information as well, and this has set off alarm bells in many sectors. Also at issue and left unresolved is exactly how much data Google will be collecting and storing from users who elect to pay for the faster ad-free connection. Although some analyses seem to hint that Google may not be gathering data from such users, I have found no hard reports to suggest that this is indeed the case. In fact, I can find little reason to assume that Google wouldn't collect that information, since the infrastructure will already be in place anyway, and the alternative is to suggest that poorer users will be tracked while those who can afford to pay the Earthlink fee will not. As in the above example, planting an ad for the nearby Barnes and Noble when a user searches "The Grapes of Wrath" is certainly putting Google technology to logical use. Of course, with many commercial wireless hot spots already in place along with the availability of wired broadband connections, users in San Francisco will certainly be free to choose other options for Internet access if they find the Google system a bit worrisome. The real danger lies in the gradual erosion of the assumption of privacy. As users become more and more accustomed to the idea of little or no privacy, taking it away becomes an easier sell.

Dr.Who Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: January 08 2009 Status: Offline Points: 392	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dr.Who Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 12 2009 at 10:03am
	Um, http://www.google.com/ig?hl=en is not the same as http://www.google.com/ If you don't want to go to the first then you can go to the second. Personally I use alta Vista most of the time, yahoo some of the time, and google the least. My browser (Mozilla) has a little search box at the top of the screen that is automatically google. But they allow you to change it to any one of seven others. And if you don't like the cookies that google puts on your computer then either turn off all cookies or just block the ones from google. the down-side to that is then when you are searching using google the pages you have already visited are not highlighted.

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 12 2009 at 2:06pm
	hi... your right, it isn't...but many are getting a 24 hr bombardment to sign up and google.com turns one right over to that homepage automatically. My main point is that- Homepages are tracking and many do not care for it. I did like Mozilla at one time...until they totally wiped out my entire list of favorites...