[governance] Google Wi-Fi gaffe breached Privacy Act

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

Privacy act - possibly not; with the new updates google has been making
there are some situations where email ids (specifically @gmail ids) can be
harvested along with the matching full name of the person. There's still
holes in the system - they've not said its perfect; but yes if google is in
a legal battle they could well form the losing side of it.

-Chaitanya

On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Imran Ahmed Shah <ias_pk at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> postponed but may reappear very soon as they are committed to find
> solution to face the protest and opposition. Google was the major
> stakeholder to run protesting campaign against SOPA/PIPA .
> However, DMCA and OCILLA are intact in accordance with international
> treaties relating to copyrights.
> If we review Google activities and privacy policy; are they compliance
> with the current International Privacy Legislations?  Privacy Act?
> ------------------------------
>  On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 5:15 PM PKT McTim wrote:
>
>  >On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 5:59 AM, Fahd A. Batayneh
>  ><fahd.batayneh at gmail.com>wrote:
>  >
>  >> Google has been heading the news lately for all the wrong reasons. They
>  >> were doing fine until PIPA came into the frame.
>  >>
>  >
>  >
>  >There is no PIPA. It was proposed legislation, it did not pass.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >--
>  >Cheers,
>  >
>  >McTim
>  >"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
>  >indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
>
>
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