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Google has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a number of cases alleging that its Buzz social networking service violated their privacy rights. The money will be paid out to internet privacy activists to use in their education and policy work.

Within a few weeks, Google will launch a rewritten privacy policy that aims to be more transparent, deleting 12 product-specific policies in the process ( ZDNet UK - Security )

Google has agreed to make a substantial payout in order to settle a class-action lawsuit bought by disgruntled users of its Buzz social network.

Google is being investigated by the Attorney General in Texas over claims that it downgrades the performance of competitors in its search engine rankings. Goolge has said that the fact that a company is a competitor to it has no effect on its rankings.

Firms complain after falling in search rankings Google on Friday said that the Texas Attorney General's Office is conducting an antitrust review of the search giant, following a similar investigation launched in Europe earlier this year.