Nicole Wong, Google’s deputy general counsel in charge of compliance, is the point person for growing criticism of Google’s privacy practices. More than two dozen European privacy regulators have launched an inquiry into Google’s data protection practices. In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission is probing Google’s pending $3.1 ...

In the news today, stock-option issues strike at two more Silicon Valley companies, Nokia is planning to make wireless connectivity even more mobile with phones using new WiMAX technology, Eudora is heading for an Open Source future, Google stays in the headlines with the launch of the next product in its office suite, hackers hit the UK and the FTC is using blogging to reach out to the rest of us.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 15, 2006 (PodTech News) – The posting of some 19 million searches by 658,000 AOL subscribers — an information spill being likened to Exxon’s Valdez accident — has civil liberties groups seeking legal action and senators pushing legislation to secure users’ privacy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a ...