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Entries from December 27th, 2007

Google Modifies Google Reader After Privacy Violation Uproar

December 27th, 2007 · No Comments · Google and Privacy

In the aftermath of privacy concerns from individuals and groups, Google has made changes to the Google Reader. When Google updated its Google Reader program earlier this month it expanded the program’s features allowing users to share items with Google Chat “friends.” Soon after the update Google was blasted by Google Reader users who felt [...]

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Google Adds New Videos to Its YouTube Privacy Channel

December 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Google and Privacy

Google has a privacy channel on YouTube and has added new videos recently. As Elinor Mills notes: The videos aren’t professionally produced; they are made by Google engineers, product managers, and Google public relations representatives using a handheld video camera, according to Victoria Grand, a manager of public affairs. Googlers were wondering “how do we [...]

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When Bean Counters Kill: CIGNA Says No to Transplant, Nataline Sarkisyan Dies

December 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Medical Privacy

A modern horror story. Nataline Sarkisyan died hours after CIGNA reversed its denial of a liver transplant after public protests. A grieving family is blaming an insurance company for the death Thursday of a 17-year-old leukemia patient, who died hours after the company reversed course and agreed to pay for her to receive a liver [...]

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