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Commentary on Government Search Engine Data Collection Highlights Privacy Issues

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Commentary related to postings this past week, Google Fights DOJ Order to Produce Records of Database Searches and MSN Blog Post Explains Search Data Provided to DOJ, focuses on the privacy issues that dominate this probe, rather than the government’s contention that the effort revolves around protecting children who use the Internet.
See the following articles and news that widen the scope of the discussion and provide additional relevant facts:

  • Washington Post (reg. req’d), Forgot What You Searched For? Google Didn’t: “..the request — and Google’s refusal to fork over its search data — is putting a helpful public spotlight on the vast amount of personal information being stored, parsed and who knows what else by the Web services we increasingly rely on to manage our lives.”
  • CBS News.com: Internet Privacy Out Of Our Hands
  • Newsweek: The government is demanding millions of your queries. AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft have coughed up. Google is resisting: “Though the government intends to use these data specifically for its COPA-related test, it’s possible that the information could lead to further investigations and, perhaps, subpoenas to find out who was doing the searching.”
  • NPR: Google Fights Request to Turn Over Search Records
  • Boston.com: Google subpoena roils the Web – US effort raises privacy issues
  • TechWeb: Search Engines’ Trustworthiness Shaken By Government Data Gathering

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