privacy policy

German authorities again go off into hysterics with Google and impose a strict ban on any use of Google Analytics tool by businesses on the grounds it violates people’s privacy. Furthermore, a report in the Wall Street Journal says that Germany terminated any talks on the matter with the Mountain View without even deigning to inform the company about it.

"Google says it wasn't aware that discussions with German officials had ended, and that it was actively working to address their concerns," reports Christopher Lawton.

Leah Yamshon from the PCWorld Magazine wrote a piece where she tried to provide detailed answer to the question whether those nice-looking faces Facebook users see in the "Hot Girls Want to Meet You" advertising are real users of the social network or just images used by advertisers.

As Facebook is facing more and more legal challenges and seems unwilling to make any concessions in changing its outrageous policies it has hired a former FTC chairman Tim Muris.

Last week Muris was granted a lifetime achievement award by the FTC. He will presumably help Facebook see off complaints from the likes of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

Facebook has also hired ex-American Council of Civil Liberties lawyer Tim Sparapani.

The office of Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart who got Facebook to agree last year to better protect users' personal information, is launching a new investigation into complaints that the changes sometimes make things worse. She said that the probe will be focused on a tool introduced by the social networking website last month that requires users to review their privacy settings.