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Google’s Privacy Infringements. Kurt Ladendorf. Google’s Mantra. “Don’t be evil”. Buzz. Social network attempt Automatic enrollment Default setting to publicize E-mail recipients Caused a class action lawsuit Results in Google putting $8.5 million towards privacy education
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Google’s Privacy Infringements Kurt Ladendorf
Google’s Mantra • “Don’t be evil”
Buzz • Social network attempt • Automatic enrollment • Default setting to publicize E-mail recipients • Caused a class action lawsuit • Results in Google putting $8.5 million towards privacy education • Federal Trade Commission involvement
Safari • Google placed cookies on Safari browsers and presented targeted ads • Google had explicitly stated they would not • Federal Trade Commission fined Google $22.5 million • Broke the agreement with the FTC from the Buzz incident
Gmail • Microsoft’s “Scroogled” campaign • Google uses keywords from E-mail to sell ads • Google does not show tailored ads “…based on race, religion, sexual orientation or health” • Google allows some control over ad settings
Street View • Google collected geographical locations of Wi-Fi routers • Used for location of devices • Google collected 600gb of network traffic • Google blames experimental software in 2010 • Google knew about the data collection in 2007
Street View • Google created a way to opt-out • Adding “_nomap” to router’s SSID • Multistate investigation resulted in • $7 million settlement • Employee privacy education • Google must fund a public campaign for privacy awareness
New Privacy Policy • Combines 60+ policies • European Union has concerns • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KGghlPmebCY
Sources • “Google Will Pay $22.5 Million to Settle FTC Charges it Misrepresented Privacy Assurances to Users of Apple’s Safari Internet Browser” Federal Trade Commission, 8/9/2012 http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/08/google.shtm Web. Accessed: 4/26/2013 • “Code of Conduct” Google 4/25/2012 http://investor.google.com/corporate/code-of-conduct.html Web. Accessed: 4/26/2013 • “Our history in depth” Google No publish date given. http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/company/history/ Web. Accessed: 4/26/2013 • “Privacy Policy” Google 7/27/2012 http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ Web. Accessed: 4/26/2013 • “Don’t get Scroogled by Gmail” Microsoft 2/6/2013 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2013/feb13/02-06Gmail.aspxWeb Accessed: 4/26/2013 • “Ads in Gmail” Google 3/29/2013 http://support.google.com/mail/answer/6603?hl=en Web. Accessed 4/26/2013 • Ducklin, Paul “Australian Privacy Commissioner lays the hard word on Google as WiFi data capture saga continues” Naked Security 8/8/2012 http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/08/08/aussie-privacy-commissioner-lays-the-hard-word-on-google/ Web. Accessed 4/26/2013 • Fleischer, Peter “Greater choice for wireless access point owners” Google 11/14/2011 http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/greater-choice-for-wireless-access.html Web. Accessed: 4/26/2013 • “Attorney General Announces $7 Million Multistate Settlement With Google Over Street View Collection of WiFi Data” Connecticut Attorney General 3/12/2013 http://www.ct.gov/ag/cwp/view.asp?Q=520518&A=2341 Web. Accessed: 4/26/2013
Sources • Liedtke, Michael “Google grabs personal info off of Wi-Fi netwroks” Associated Press 5/14/2010 http://web.archive.org/web/20100528181755/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Google-grabs-personal-info-apf-2162289993.html?x=0 Web. Accessed 4/26/2013 • Vaas, Lisa “Google controversially forces users to opt-out of Wi-Fi snooping” Naked Security 11/17/2011 http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/11/17/google-forces-opt-out-wi-fi-snooping/ Web. Accessed: 4/26/2013 • Vaas, Lisa “EU tells Google to make its new privacy policy clearer and to give users easier opt-out” Naked Security 10/16/2012 http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/16/eu-tells-google-to-make-its-new-privacy-policy-clearer-and-to-give-users-easier-opt-out/ Web. Accessed: 4/26/2013 • Pfanner, Eric “Google Faces More Inquiries in Europe Over Privacy Policy” The New York Times 4/2/2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/technology/google-to-face-national-regulators-over-privacy-policy.html Web. Accessed: 4/26/2013 • “FTC Charges Deceptive Privacy Practices in Google’s Rollout of Its Buzz Social Network” Federal Trade Commission 3/30/2011 http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/03/google.shtm Web. Accessed: 4/26/2013 • Ducklin, Paul “Buzz over Google’s $8.5 million lawsuit settlement” Naked Security 11/3/2010 http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/11/03/buzz-over-google-lawsuit-settlement/ Web. Accessed: 4/26/2013 • “Google to Acquire YouTube for $1.65 Billion in Stock” Google 10/9/2006 http://googlepress.blogspot.com/2006/10/google-to-acquire-youtube-for-165_09.html Web. Accessed: 4/28/2013