...Google Buzz irritates me. However, unlike the FTC I cannot force Google to submit to privacy audits for the next 20 years. The FTC found that Google facebook knock-off Buzz's opt-out procedure was sufficiently opaque as to the amount of private data from Gmail accounts it shared, and is forcing the giant to submit to bi-annual audits to make sure it is complying with its own privacy standard. Google issued this mea culpa.
This is also a big settlement for the FTC, which has been attempting to position itself a privacy watchdog, whether Congress tells them to or not..
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