The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada – the same office that prompted major changes at Facebook – is taking a closer look at the privacy implications of Google Buzz. According to CBC News, the office may issue further comment on Wednesday. |  |
With Facebook, the privacy commissioner was concerned about the social networking storing user information after users deleted their accounts, eventually prompting a number of policy and feature changes at the site that have been implemented worldwide.
With Buzz, the investigation presumably focuses on the service’s more controversial aspects – namely, the way in which it automatically finds users to follow based on your email correspondence – a practice that has drawn criticism (and quick feature adjustments by Google) since Buzz debuted in user’s Gmail inboxes last week.
Stateside, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a complaint with the FTC asking them to investigate Buzz, writing that the product “violated user expectations, diminished user privacy, contradicted Google’s privacy policy, and may have violated federal wiretap laws".
With Buzz, the investigation presumably focuses on the service’s more controversial aspects – namely, the way in which it automatically finds users to follow based on your email correspondence – a practice that has drawn criticism (and quick feature adjustments by Google) since Buzz debuted in user’s Gmail inboxes last week.
Stateside, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a complaint with the FTC asking them to investigate Buzz, writing that the product “violated user expectations, diminished user privacy, contradicted Google’s privacy policy, and may have violated federal wiretap laws".
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