The protection of personal information group minimizes the grab Google Buzz - register

Equipment for the defence of the interests of the U.S. web downplayed reports that suggest that it is $1 domains. 75 m on a class action settlement between the protection of privacy and Google groups, suite spring gaff in Mountain View with Buzz social network.

The Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Marc Rotenberg, told The Register that "money is not the main point" in the opposition brought before a district court of California earlier this week.

"Google lawyers did not want funds to organizations which were actually standing in society on the issue of Buzz," he told us, "and which is the main point here."

Groups that have benefited from funds included the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Brookings Institution.

Outside of the deposit, seen by El Reg, EPIC did not a public statement more on its beef on the settlement of continuation of the class action with Google.

On Wednesday, March 30, he praised a separate settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and Google on Buzz, who stated that the web hub would be subject to verification of the biennial of privacy for the next 20 years.

EPIC, who led the initial Buzz of the FTC complaint, described this gesture as "far-reaching", though he was filing his objections against the regulations of the class action suit in court.

"It is the most important decision of privacy by the Commission to date." "For users of the internet, it should lead to higher standards of privacy and better protection of the personal data," said EPIC.

Reuters, stressed today that EPIC had requested $1. 75 m from the colony, after the group represented eight organizations for the protection of personal information online in its court filing earlier this week.

"There is very little national organizations truly focused on privacy online and even less that play an important role in the measures of protection of public policy and consumers to protect the privacy of commercial rights - non-governmental - interest""the filing reads."

"While the two industrient-financing and non-industry-funded groups are potentially worthy candidates for funding for many reasons, we believe it is imperative for the purposes of the establishment and the benefit of the class that organizations generally do not receive substantial industry funding allocated most of the funding in this case."

Last November, Google contacted all Gmail users via an email in which he confirmed he had reached a settlement in a trial in his privacy - lite Buzz social network has been bolted to everyone by default mailbox in early 2010.

"Shortly after its launch, we have heard a number of people who were concerned about the protection of personal information." In addition, we were sued by a group of users of Buzz and recently reached a settlement in this case, "Google wrote at the time."

He added that little money of $8. 5 m Fund would be used to distribute grants to groups for the protection of personal information of the internet. In addition, Google confirmed that money should be used to pay the lawyers and people who sued the company.

Google has raised the Buzz in February 2010. Launched, it automatically exposes most frequent Gmail contacts of users for the public interwebs. Users were given the option to hide the list from the view of the public, but many complained that cut the social network is tricky as a check box to do so is not displayed in their mailbox.

Days later, Google moved the location of the check box in an effort to reduce to silence complaints. It has also changed how treated Buzz contacts of the user. But these tweaks came too late for some, who responded in contentious fashion. ®

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