You may have heard the buzz this week about “Google Buzz”… Google’s answer to Facebook. Company execs are hoping that g-mail users will abandon Facebook and embrace the Google version. Sounds innocent enough. But Google has set off a firestorm of indignation when it comes to privacy. The world’s leading privacy regulators are joining forces to fight what they call “the persistent and willful disregard by internet giants of the rights of web users to protect their personal information”. Why should you care? Let me explain. (More…) Continue reading “Privacy and Google Buzz”