Google Watch is a website launched in 2002 by Daniel Brandt. Brandt states that the website's goals are to report on invasion of privacy issues. Brandt has stated that he intends the site to act as a "point of reference for privacy advocates, journalists and bloggers".
Among Google Watch's criticisms of Google are that it collects personal data on its users and does too little to protect that data.
Google Watch documents concerns about privacy ri...
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Google Watch is a website launched in 2002 by Daniel Brandt. Brandt states that the website's goals are to report on invasion of privacy issues. Brandt has stated that he intends the site to act as a "point of reference for privacy advocates, journalists and bloggers".
Among Google Watch's criticisms of Google are that it collects personal data on its users and does too little to protect that data.
Google Watch documents concerns about privacy risks arising from Google's use of long-lived HTTP cookies.
Brandt expressed privacy concerns with Google Print, which unlike libraries, keeps track of who reads a given book and could pass that information on to the government.
To illustrate the view that Google's search engine could be subjected to manipulation, Google Watch implemented a Google bomb by linking the phrase "out-of-touch executives" to Google's own page on its corporate management. The attempt was mistakenly attributed to disgruntled Google employees by The New York Times, which...
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