Should we trust Google with our private data while they take a recalcitrant attitude towards privacy concerns?

Privacy International (PI) wants to eliminate a Google product, but PI was said to have vested/conflicting interests

A privacy ranking lower than Microsoft? Remember the jailed Chinese blogger? Can Google be trusted?

A Beijing university student is suing Microsoft for infringing upon his privacy, demanding 1,350 yuan (180 U.S. dollars) in compensation and an apology printed in a national newspaper.

Great timing from Google as Microsoft is forced to start giving European Windows users the choice to switch from IE, it releases a new beta version of Chrome with hugely uprated privacy controls.

In a post to his personal blog Thursday morning, ten-year Mozilla vet Asa Dotzler quoted Schmidt in full before indicating that he's not too happy with the Googler's haughty take on data retention. "That was Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, telling you exactly what he thinks about your privacy," Dotzler says, after quoting the Google boss.

"This report has been prepared by Privacy International following a six-month investigation into the privacy practices of key Internet based companies. The ranking lists the best and the worst performers both in Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 across the full spectrum of search, email, e-commerce and social networking sites...."

For those who are tempted to use Google Chrome, but are concerned about your privacy being recorded by Google, you can stop worrying now. Iron browser is an exact clone of Google Chrome, without the privacy annoyance features.

Microsoft’s smear campaign against OpenDocument Format continues. It’s not only a Vice President from Novell who participates in this. It’s also comes from the usual suspects.