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Howard DaleThis report has been prepared by Privacy International following a six-month investigation into the privacy practices of key Internet based companies. The ranking lists the best and the worst performers both in Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 across the full spectrum
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Julia LesageThe report castigates Google, whose reputation has justifiably been in question ever since becoming the major corporate collaborator with Internet censorship in China.
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12 Jun 07
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It is very difficult and time consuming to accurately discover the privacy practices of a given company and it is often the case that these companies are not fully aware of their own information handling procedures.
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a haemorrhage of personal privacy
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the reality in 2007 is that all major Internet players may move to establish a level of user surveillance that results in little or no choice for Internet users and relatively few meaningful privacy mechanisms.
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Google has created the most onerous privacy environment on the Internet.
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not one of the ranked organizations achieved a "green" status
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11 Jun 07
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avivajazz jazzaviva* Amazon
* AOL
* Apple
* BBC
* Bebo
* eBay
* Facebook
* Friendster
* Google
* Hi5
* Last.fm
* LinkedIn
* LiveJournal
* Microsoft
* Myspace
* Orkut
* Reunion.com
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That, and the fact that Microsoft is not at the bottom will likely gain the most media attention. But it is important to note that no one received a green rating.
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A Race to the Bottom: Privacy Ranking of Internet Service Companies
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numerous deficiencies and hostilities in Google's approach to privacy
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increasing ability to deep-drill into the minutiae of a user's life and lifestyle choices
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an attitude to privacy within Google that at its most blatant is hostile, and at its most benign is ambivalent
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without an opportunity to delete or withdraw personal data even if the user wishes to terminate
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does not provide users with an expungement option
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at least 18 to 24 months
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Microsoft has at least put in place the beginnings of a framework for responsible privacy practice and has created a corporate vision, cloudy though it may be. The organization appears now to be particularly sensitive in the most part to privacy issues and some parts of Microsoft have even pursued the concept of privacy as a market differentiator. We have no evidence that Google has achieved this level of awareness or development.
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