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</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><img src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Google-Buzz1.jpg" align="right" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; ">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 <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/16/google-buzz-privacy.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 102, 187); text-decoration: none; ">CBC News</a>, the office may issue further comment on Wednesday.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">With Facebook, the <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/07/17/canada-facebook-privacy/" style="color: rgb(34, 102, 187); text-decoration: none; ">privacy commissioner was concerned</a> about the social networking storing user information after users deleted their accounts, eventually prompting a number of <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/08/27/facebook-privacy-update/" style="color: rgb(34, 102, 187); text-decoration: none; ">policy and feature changes</a> at the site that have been implemented worldwide.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">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 <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/02/13/google-buzz-changes/" style="color: rgb(34, 102, 187); text-decoration: none; ">feature adjustments</a> by Google) since Buzz debuted in user’s Gmail inboxes last week.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">Stateside, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has <a href="http://epic.org/2010/02/epic-urges-federal-trade-commi.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 102, 187); text-decoration: none; ">filed a complaint with the FTC</a> 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.”</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">It’s safe to say that this story is far from over. In the meantime, we’re continuing to experiment with Buzz – you can follow us <a href="http://google.com/profiles/mashable" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 102, 187); text-decoration: none; ">here</a>.</p>
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