tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089964.post2676756298652851929..comments2024-02-28T18:49:06.144+10:00Comments on Cyberlaw: The Law of GoogleJohn Swinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05828283754031385550noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089964.post-9457244842884765332009-03-21T09:33:00.000+10:002009-03-21T09:33:00.000+10:00Google has agreed to take down street view picture...Google has agreed to take down street view pictures if they raise privacy concerns<BR/><BR/>Individual internet users who do not want either their image or that of their home to be used in Street View can request it be taken off Google's database by filling out an online form.<BR/><BR/>"Google has promised to remove any pictures to which individuals objected. “We put tools in place to allow people to remove images quickly, and this shows that the technology works,” it said. “The images have been removed, in many cases within hours.” Google uses technology to blur faces and car number plates but admitted that “sometimes it does not work completely”." <BR/><BR/>http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5945132.ece<BR/><BR/>This article also foreshadows some legal action again Google. <BR/><BR/>"Privacy International, a pressure group, said that it would bring legal action against the company.<BR/><BR/>Tom Brake, the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, said that he would ask the Government to have security features of the service “beefed up”. He said: “It is clear from what has happened in the last 24 hours that fun commercial applications can be just as intrusive of people’s privacy as CCTV or security systems.”"Romantic Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10396636089057672698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089964.post-57197095211893489052009-03-12T12:27:00.000+10:002009-03-12T12:27:00.000+10:00Yesterday's WIRED blog had an article by Ryan Sing...Yesterday's WIRED blog had an article by Ryan Singel called "Google's Ad Targeting Turns Algorithms on You"<BR/><BR/>http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/03/google-ad-annou.html<BR/><BR/>The article focuses on Google's Wednesday annoucement that it would begin selling behavioral profiling ads.<BR/><BR/>Singel writes, "Google will now combine DoubleClick's targeting with info from its sprawling AdSense network (which usually serves small text ads) and will quickly be able to build up robust profiles on Google users, whether they have an account or not.<BR/><BR/>But more intriguingly, Google also announced YouTube ads will become targeted by categorizing what you watch, say and do on YouTube -- combined with the other info from its DoubleClick."Kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07327515027655019929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089964.post-52549048815265521702009-03-02T13:19:00.000+10:002009-03-02T13:19:00.000+10:00This is a bit of a tangent, but I think it is an i...This is a bit of a tangent, but I think it is an interesting issue. <BR/><BR/>A few days ago, Lessig reported on his blog that "Amazon has caved into demands from the Authors Guild that it disable the ability of the Kindle to read a book aloud."<BR/><BR/>http://www.lessig.org/blog/2009/02/caving_into_bullies_aka_here_w.html<BR/><BR/>This issue has some overlap with the Google Book Search case and settlement, in that the fair use arguments are similar.<BR/><BR/>Lessig writes: "But the bigger trend here is much more troubling: Innovative technology company (Amazon (Kindle 2), Google (Google Books)) releases new innovative way to access or use content; so-called "representatives" of rights owners, Corleone-like, baselessly insist on a cut; innovative technology company settles with baseless demanders, and we're all arguably worse off." <BR/><BR/>I think that preventing devices like the Kindle to read a book aloud could have some rather serious ramifications for people with print disabilities. For those who are interested, Paul Harpur, who is an associate lecturer in the law faculty and who is blind, has written an article with Nic Suzor and Dilan Thampapillai on the difficulties faced by people with print diabilities to gain access to electronic texts under Australia law. It is available at: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/13337/Kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07327515027655019929noreply@blogger.com