Google and your Privacy !!!

Hi Folks!

A very interesting news that has been around in US and many parts of the world is that Google does maintain a list of all your search activities and History of all you tried to dig on the Internet.

You can SEARCH for this as well on GOOGLE.

"Could Future Subpoenas Tie You to 'Britney Spears Nude'?
DOJ's subpoena of Google may lead to more intrusive examination of Internet users' online records
Fred von Lohmann
Special to Law.com
02-06-2006

As news circulated of the government's recent effort to force Google to hand over information about what its users are searching for, you could almost hear the collective gasp from Internet users. Wait, Google has been keeping records of all my searches? Including the embarrassing ones ("britney spears nude" was the second most popular "britney" search last month), the incriminating ones (your searches about marijuana cultivation were for research, of course), and the routine ones (from which your professional and recreational interests can easily be deduced)?"

A very famous example is that of "'Britney Spears Nude'" search string which set many of the officials and ISP's to an alert.

Read this text excerpt here:

"And so can any private litigant with an axe to grind and a subpoena in hand. If someone does deliver a subpoena to Google for your records, there is no law that requires that you even be notified, much less be afforded an opportunity to object.

The Google subpoena incident is a timely reminder to all Internet users that we are routinely entrusting third parties with an ever-increasing amount of private information about ourselves. We entrust our e-mail to services that encourage us to "never throw anything away," we upload our photos to share with family, and rely on search engines to help us track down virtually everything without a second thought."


So how are we going to protect our privacy??

Please comment on this.

Enjoy!

Nitin Kushwaha
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