Justice Dept. Says Google Privacy Concerns Are Not Valid

Personally, I think it is a double standard. Google is Johnny on the spot with records for the Chinese government, but they are not willing to divulge ours? Seems like a nice gesture, but is there perhaps an ulterior motive?

The U.S. Justice Department is arguing that Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Latest News about Google privacy Latest News about privacy concerns are not reason enough for it to withhold search records being sought by investigators, likely setting the stage for a court battle over the data.

In a court filing made late Friday, the Bush administration said because individual users would not be identified in the records being sought, the privacy concerns are not valid. The argument, contained in an 18-page brief, comes after Google initially rebuffed the government’s demands to turn over the records of search requests by citing potential violation of individual users’ privacy rights. Source: TechNewsWorld

[tags]justice dept,google privacy,government’s demands,privacy news[/tags]