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Over the next four weeks, spiked will be holding a debate on Google and the issue of privacy. From search to email, from mapping services to Street View, Google potentially has access to a wealth of private information. And, as various privacy-related infringements seem to show, our privacy is not always taken seriously. Is Google too blasé towards those who use its products? And if so, why is privacy such a blindspot? Or does Google have a good record on privacy compared with other internet companies? We’ll be debating these and many more important questions in the coming weeks – let us know what you think here.


5 August 2010
Google and the great privacy contradiction
Norman Lewis
Why are we perturbed when a picture of our house appears on Google Maps but not when we’re filmed by state CCTV?
Google: a nerds-eye view of the world
Andrew Orlowski
The engineers who design Google's services see humans as little more than nodes between which information passes.
20 July 2010
Stop fighting each other!
Paolo Balboni
Instead, big ICT companies and national regulators need to work together to set out international privacy standards.
12 July 2010
Google is watching you!
Robert Halfon
MP Robert Halfon argues that we need to stop internet companies from creating their own surveillance society.
We must assert our rights
Derek Wyatt
Derek Wyatt, former MP and chair of the All-Party Internet group, says that Google is not entitled to our private data.
Privacy cannot be an afterthought
Tom Brake
Lib Dem MP Tom Brake calls for dialogue between government and internet companies prior to product deployment.
We give too much of ourselves away
John Robertson
Labour MP John Robertson worries that a lack of education leaves many blind to the dangers of the internet.
6 July 2010
Why it’s time for Google to open up
Toby Stevens
The head of a privacy think tank says the internet giant should be more honest about what data it’s collecting.
A systematic intrusion into people’s lives
Alex Deane
The director of Big Brother Watch argues that Google has failed to respond properly to privacy concerns.
28 June 2010
Privacy is a priority. Our business depends on it
Peter Barron
Peter Barron, Google’s communications chief, says his company ‘bakes privacy’ into all its products.
Google has become an imperialist beast
Simon Davies
Simon Davies of Privacy International on why the internet giant keeps infringing people’s privacy.



 

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