Google deficient at protecting privacy of its users

In what will undoubtedly prove to be a controversial decision, Google ranked worse than any other Internet company when it comes to protecting the privacy of its users in an interim report by privacy watchdog group Privacy International. The findings, based on six months of research, placed Google at the bottom of a list of 23 Internet companies examined by the group. Google's CEO Eric Schmidt dismissed privacy concerns over the data collected by the company noting that Google deletes information about users after a certain period of time. Meanwhile, Google may be seeking a reopening of state and federal government antitrust suits against Microsoft, but a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) official has recommended against it, newspaper reports indicated Sunday. Google alleged that Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system puts other search software companies at a disadvantage, making it difficult for users to employ non-Microsoft desktop-search software.

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