tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089964.post3496935354992994980..comments2024-02-28T18:49:06.144+10:00Comments on Cyberlaw: Google, Privacy and BuzzJohn Swinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05828283754031385550noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11089964.post-32471279483831809052010-02-22T22:48:47.780+10:002010-02-22T22:48:47.780+10:00To my mind this 'little' episode demonstra...To my mind this 'little' episode demonstrates just how saleable corporate ethics are.<br /><br />It seems that the right to privacy of Buzz users ranks lower in the ethical food chain than the need for a new product launch to quickly capture market share from Twitter and Facebook.<br /><br />It's not as though Google is some overnight start up ISP without resources to have corporate counsel cast its eye over new products. So, for mine, the apology is somewhat thin and smacks more of a "beg for forgiveness, rather than ask for permission" approach. "Ooops ... we're sorry."<br /><br />So, who regulates indiscretions such as this? What sanction is applied to Google for this 'oversight'? For me, it alarming just how much information about us big corporates possess and just how mercenary they are clearly prepared to be in its use.<br /><br />In light of this It's hard to view any of Google's posturing on freedom of speech in China as anything other than a poorly disguised grab for greater access to a 1.3 billion person market.<br /><br />So much for the laudable Google Code of Conduct "Don't do evil".JLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072183263905375101noreply@blogger.com