[ga] Privacy Concerns Over Google On the Rise In Germany

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  Well it seems that the privacy concerns of our members in
germany has moved forward vis a vi Google.
Let freedom ring!


See:
After protests from several sources, major German news site
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,587546,00.html
Spiegel Online has dropped Google Analytics. 'Google gathers so much
detailed information about its users that one critic says
some state intelligence bureaus look "like child protection services"
in comparison,' they say. Spiegel Online no longer uses Google
Analytics.  'We want to ensure that data on our users' browsing 
patterns don't leave our site,' says Wolfgang Büchner, one of 
Spiegel Online's two chief editors." The article covers a wide swath 
of German concern over Google's data-collecting and -handling policies, 
including a local rebellion against Google's Street View survey 
vehicles that threatens to go national.

Regards,

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