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Busting myths about our approach to privacy

Posted by Betsy Masiello, Policy Manager

*Update: The FairSearch ad referenced below as myth #1 was pulled because it was inaccurate.

A number of myths are being spread about Google’s approach to privacy. We just wanted to give you the facts.
Myt…

Privacy of Personal Identity Data – It’s a Simple Equation

by Andy Land, Vice President of Marketing Last week I wrote about identity information as the product.  In this post, I am following up with two more interesting happenings. Google Changing Its Privacy Policy Facebook and the European Commission Facing … Continue reading

Place-Based Networks

Here’s a thought-provoking piece on place-based networks from Gideon Rosenblatt.

Imagine if the Internet worked the way the real world does – and that physical places still helped build connection and community.
That’s the idea beh…

Why Hadoop caught on

Doug Cutting discusses Hadoop’s current and near-term role, and the factors that made it a central part of data processing.