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Google Discovers Privacy
David Utter
Staff Writer
2008-07-07
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"Privacy" became part of Google's home page just before the 4th of July. You're forgiven if you missed the switch.
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There are 28 words on Google's main page, according to company VP Marissa Mayer. Her entry on the official Google blog complemented a briefer note on Google Public Policy, which assured everyone the company "values our users' privacy first and foremost."
Shame about that Viacom win over Google in court that will hand Viacom all kinds of private information, further legal appeals notwithstanding, but we digress here.
About that word, privacy. It's on the familiar Google home, and appears at the bottom of search results pages at the search engine. One would be hard-pressed to call the change to the home page prominent. The link replaced the word Google next to the copyright 2008 notice; it's tiny.
"The new "Privacy" link goes to our Privacy Center, which was revamped earlier this year to be more straightforward and approachable, with videos and a non-legalese overview to make sure you understand in basic terms what Google does, does not, will, and won't, do in regard to your personal information," Mayer wrote.
Of trivial interest: Google's current home page word count of 28 seems to hold some appeal to the company's billionaire founders. Mayer said they approved the change so long as adding a link to privacy policies didn't upset the word count.
As far as mollifying those who are upset about their user information and viewing habits going to Viacom, well, Google hasn't quite managed that trick yet. Anonymous web browsing anyone?
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David Utter is a business and technology writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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