Google To Davis: Get Your Facts Straight!

In response to an article from Tory MP David Davis in The Times, Google has written an entry in their European Public Policy Blog ’setting the record straight’.

In his article entitled “I wouldn’t trust Google with my personal info”, Davis says:

Google is the last company I would trust with data belonging to me. In the words of human rights watchdog Privacy International, Google has “a history of ignoring privacy concerns. Every corporate announcement has some new practice involving surveillance”. It gave Google the lowest possible assessment rating: “hostile to privacy”. It was the only company of the 20 assessed to get this rating. It also said Google was leading a “race to the bottom” among internet firms, many of which did little to protect their users.

In response to this, the big G say that “for a company that supposedly ignores European laws, we did not launch Google Street View in the UK until we had the green light from the Information Commissioner!”

Have a look at the Google blog entry for some more light reading…

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