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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, December 19 2012 @ 07:13 PM EST |
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| Authored by: albert on Thursday, December 20 2012 @ 12:42 PM EST |
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I like this guy
Borowitz...
OK, way off topic... so sue me....wait...need a good laff now
and then...
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 20 2012 @ 02:05 PM EST |
What's
this story about? The only significant difference I
see between the FTC and EU cases is the original dates for
settlement. Now the
FTC seems to have got wind of of different treatment in Europe it is delaying
its announcement in
case it needs tweaking. The Newspick runs all round this
without saying anything substantial about the difference in Google's
treatment
at the two forums, other than putting "voluntary" in quotes for the EU
part. I found another
story that said the EU merely
expect Google
to come forward with a detailed commitment text in January 2013.
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The
investigation centres on four areas:
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the manner in which Google
displays "its own vertical search services differently" from other, competing
products
- how Google "copies content" from other websites - such as
restaurant reviews - to include within its own
services
- the
"exclusivity" Google has to sell advertising around search terms people
use
- restrictions on advertisers from moving their online ad campaigns
to rival search engines
BBC
Of course
it's technically feasible for Google to withdraw from the EU, close its offices
there, accept no queries, offer no search
results for EU entities.
This would
probably result in backlash from users outside the EU looking for results
inside, at least as great as the ire of previous EU
users. 'Bout time all these
banana republics, yes EU and US, realised the internet is bigger than all of
them. Even the ITU can't control
it.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 20 2012 @ 03:16 PM EST |
Article link.
Ya
Know - if that Law has teeth and holds the software development companies
properly accountable that presents an interesting "hack" for those of us who
wish to maintain our privacy better:
When we get an account created, we
create our own account as a child!
Granted, that makes it a bit more
difficult if we wish to do on-line shopping. But there's no reason you can't
have two accounts:
Adult account with credit card access and almost
non-existent information!
Child account for all our regular
browsing!
That's assuming the software developers will be properly held
accountable when they breach the privacy rules surrounding children.
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