Should Google be forced to hand over data?
the buzz Readers weigh in on whether Google should be compelled to turn over search data to the federal government.
Google's refusal to comply with a request by federal prosecutors for some of its search data has embroiled the company in a heated debate over online privacy. As part of an investigation into the Child Online Protection Act, the government requested search terms and URLs from four major search engines. Google was the only one to refuse, and a federal judge today said he would likely support the Justice Department in its demands. The DOJ has drastically reduced the amount of information it's asking for and has agreed to compensate Google for the time its developers spend on the project. But the company says the government has other options for obtaining search data and that asking for search keywords infringes on user privacy. Should Google be compelled to give up its search-term data?
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Should Google be forced to hand over data?
Google's refusal to comply with a request by federal prosecutors for some of its search data has embroiled the company in a heated debate over online privacy. As part of an investigation into the Child Online Protection Act, the government requested search terms and URLs from four major search engines. Google was the only one to refuse, and a federal judge today said he would likely support the Justice Department in its demands. The DOJ has drastically reduced the amount of information it's asking for and has agreed to compensate Google for the time its developers spend on the project. But the company says the government has other options for obtaining search data and that asking for search keywords infringes on user privacy. Should Google be compelled to give up its search-term data?
Google's fight
Judge to help feds against Google
CNET News.com
Guarding Google's data banks
BusinessWeek
Feds take porn fight to Google
CNET News.com
Justice Department's assault on Google to backfire?
CNET News.com
ACLU joins Google subpoena fight
Online Media Daily
Feds: Google's privacy concerns unfounded
CNET News.com
Google to feds: Back off
CNET News.com
Senator demands info on search engine subpoena
CNET News.com
FAQ: What does the Google subpoena mean?
CNET News.com
After eight years, Child Online Protection Act still not enforced
Associated Press
Search engines and privacy rights on the Web
NPR
Uproar grows over U.S. demand for Google search records
TechNewsWorld
Google growth yields privacy fear
Associated Press
Protecting your search privacy: A flowchart to tracks you leave behind
SearchEngineWatch
How to foil search engine snoops
Wired
'UnGoogleables' hide from search
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MSN blocks porn better than Google and Yahoo!
Lockergnome
54 percent of parents with teenagers use Internet filters--a big jump from 2000
Government Technology