U.S. House Members Ask FTC to Investigate Google Buzz
An assortment of cross-party lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives has officially asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the launch of Google Buzz for potentially breaching consumer privacy. Trouble was brewing early on for Google over its launch of Buzz, with privacy advocates quick to file a class action complaint in San Jose […]
Chatroulette Founder Working to Preserve User Privacy
The creator of Chatroulette has revealed that he is working on a way to preserve user’s privacy, following the launch of Chat Roulette Map, a Google Maps mashups that pinpoints the location of users of the service. Andrey Ternovskiy, speaking in an interview with the New York Times Bits blog, stated, “There is a certain […]