Google Says Sorry And Changes Buzz After Privacy Outcry

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A US judge has ordered Google to pay $500,000 to an online privacy group in a class action lawsuit brought against its Buzz social networking tool for Gmail.The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) had filed a class...

There are mixed reports about whether Google will preview a new social networking platform at the South by South West interactive conference in Austin, Texas. Technology blog ReadWriteWeb claims that Google will take another...

Search engine giant Google has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit initiated by users furious about the way social networking feature Buzz was thrusted upon them. The service, which has been launched back...

In the past few months, Mountain View, California-based Google Inc. shut down Wave, suffered a severe backlash due to improper privacy concerns attached with its Buzz Gmail social networking tool, but nothing could bring down its...

Google is apparently preparing to launch a new social networking service to compete with Facebook.According to a tweet by Digg founder Kevin Rose, Google plans to launch a service named Google Me in the near future. He wrote:...

Google has responded to complaints made by privacy regulators who claim the search giant ensure its products comply with privacy laws before releasing them.An example given of Google's lack of compliance was its social networking...

The Guardian is reporting that UK's privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office, has reprimanded search engine giant Google for not adhering to the privacy norms and has asked to improve the privacy...

Despite numerous attempts by Google to control the damage caused by its controversial privacy settings in its newly launched social networking tool Buzz, it has again been targeted by a lawsuit yet again. This time from one Barry...

Search engine giant Google has announced that, come April 5th, the company's Buzz social networking tool will get a new privacy reset function, which will ask the users to confirm or change their current Buzz privacy...

Apparently adhering to its popular “be no evil” motto, the search behemoth Google is working on a plug-in for its signature web analytics service that will enable users to opt out of being tracked by the service, it...

The first ever third-party application for Google's new social networking tool, Buzz, has been released on Apple's popular iTunes App Store and goes by the name of Buzzie; it is designed to offer iPhone and Gmail users a chance...

Issues surrounding Google’s latest social network tool, Buzz, haven’t apparently settling down, the search company is now facing a class action lawsuit for its alleged privacy invasion after facing the wrath of users...

After the user backlash suffered by Google after the launch of its new social networking tool Buzz over suspected privacy flaws, the software giant appears to be in serious trouble. The Electronic Privacy Information Center has...

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed an official complaint against Google's Buzz service which played fast and loose with people's personal details. The privacy watchdog has asked the US Federal Trade...