Archive for April 23rd, 2009

Privacy watchdog rejects demands to axe Google ’snoopers’ (The Scotsman)

CALLS to shut down Google's new Street View service were rejected by the privacy watchdog yesterday, which said it would not be right to "turn the digital clock back&#

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Privacy guardian clears Google Street View (Times Online)

The privacy watchdog has rejected a complaint against Google Street View, saying that the internet service, which allows users to scroll around a montage of street-level photographs of Britain, does not breach the Data Protection Act.

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Google Street View ‘Does Not Breach Privacy’ (SKY News)

Google's controversial Street View does not infringe people's privacy, a watchdog has ruled.

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Big Blue Google cloud injected with $5m (The Register)

How to simulate an ocean The US National Science Foundation has tossed $5 million at Google's effort to educate the country's university students in the ways of Big Data.… Whitepaper - Compliance in the supply chain

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Google and Pirate Bay share Thursday good news (vnunet.com)

Rosalie Marshall, vnunet.com , Thursday 23 April 2009 at 17:29:00 ICO confirms Street View does not breach privacy act, while Pirate Bay lawyer calls for retrial While Google and The Pirate Bay share common ground in that both have been accused of providing users with access to copyrighted or private information, on Thursday the two web...

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009