From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Obvioulsy you have no facts to back that up.  The Google founders are
Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Sergey is Jewish

http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2007/2007-02/200702-BrinFeature.html


  "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:466c402a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> How could a company run by two arabs/muslims (aren't they ?) do evil when
> the whole company was founded on the "First Do No Evil" premise??  Or
> maybe they meant first do no evil to followers of muhammed and the hell
> with all the infidel non-muhammed followers??
>
> Gary
>
> RobertB wrote:
>> Yeah, I'm beginning to have my doubts about Google. Looks like they're
>> not quite as benign as everyone assumed. In article
>> ,
>>  "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:
>>
>>> --London-based Privacy International assigned Google its lowest possible
>>> grade. The category is reserved for companies with "comprehensive
>>> consumer surveillance and entrenched hostility to privacy."
>>>
>>> http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070609/D8PLHML80.html
>>>
>>> SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s privacy practices are the worst among
>>> the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog group seeking
>>> to intensify the recent focus on how the online search leader handles
>>> personal information about its users.
>>>
>>> In a report released Saturday, London-based Privacy International
>>> assigned Google its lowest possible grade. The category is reserved for
>>> companies with "comprehensive consumer surveillance and entrenched
>>> hostility to privacy."
>>>
>>> None of the 22 other surveyed companies - a group that included Yahoo
>>> Inc. , Microsoft Corp. and AOL - sunk to that level, according to
>>> Privacy International.
>>>
>>> While a number of other Internet companies have troubling policies, none
>>> comes as close to Google to "achieving status as an
endemic threat to
>>> privacy," Privacy International said in an explanation of
its findings.
>>>
>>> In a statement from one of its lawyers, Google said it aggressively
>>> protects its users' privacy and stands behind its track record. In its
>>> most conspicuous defense of user privacy, Google last year successfully
>>> fought a U.S. Justice Department subpoena demanding to review millions
>>> of search requests.
>>>
>>> "We are disappointed with Privacy International's report,
which is based
>>> on numerous inaccuracies and misunderstandings about our
services," said
>>> Nicole Wong, Google's deputy general counsel.
>>>
>>> "It's a shame that Privacy International decided to
publish its report
>>> before we had an opportunity to discuss our privacy practices with
>>> them."
>>>
>>> Privacy International contacted Google earlier this month, but didn't
>>> receive a response, said Simon Davies, the group's director.
>>>
>>> The scathing report is just the latest strike aimed at Google's privacy
>>> practices.
>>>
>>> An independent European panel recently opened an inquiry into whether
>>> Google's policies abide by Europe's privacy rules.
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, three consumer groups in the United States are pressuring the
>>> nation's regulators to make Google change some of its privacy policies
>>> as part of its proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of online ad service
>>> DoubleClick Inc., which also tracks Web surfers' behavior.
>>>
>>> The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is looking into antitrust concerns
>>> raised by the DoubleClick deal, but has not indicated if privacy issues
>>> will be part of the inquiry.
>>>
>>> Hoping to placate its critics, Google has pledged to begin erasing the
>>> information about users' search requests within 18 to 24 months.
>>>
>>> The company says its stockpiles data to help its search engine better
>>> understand its users so it can deliver more relevant results and
>>> advertisements.
>>>
>>> As Google becomes more knowledgeable about the people relying on its
>>> search engine and other free services, management hopes to develop more
>>> tools that recommend activities and other pursuits that might appeal to
>>> individual users.
>>>
>>> Privacy International is particularly troubled by Google's ability to
>>> match data gathered by its search engine with information collected from
>>> other services such as e-mail, instant messaging and maps.
>>>
>>> "Under the microscope, it turns out that Google is doing
much more with
>>> our data than we ever imagined," Davies said.
>>>
>>> Founded in 1990, Privacy International said it reached its preliminary
>>> findings after spending the past six months reviewing Internet privacy
>>> practices with the help of about 30 professors, mostly in the United
>>> States and United Kingdom. The group plans to update the report in
>>> September.
>>>
>>> Seven of the Internet companies and Web sites included in Privacy
>>> International's analysis received the second lowest grade of
>>> "substantial and comprehensive privacy threats."
This group included:
>>> Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, Apple Inc. ,Facebook.com, Hi5.com, Reunion.com,
>>> Microsoft's Windows Live Space and Yahoo.
>>>
>>> None of the companies or sites received Privacy International's top
>>> grade, but five rated as "generally privacy-aware."
They were: BBC, eBay
>>> Inc. Last.fm, LiveJournal.com, and Wikipedia.com.

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