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Google Settles Buzz Privacy Suit
bouldin writes "This evening, Google e-mailed Gmail users who had been invited to Google Buzz to advise of settlement on a class-action privacy suit. The class action suit alleged privacy breaches due to the default privacy settings when Google rolled out the service. Terms of the settlement include $8 million to cover lawyer fees and fund privacy policy education on the Internet, but do not include cash payouts to Gmail users. With several outstanding class action privacy suits against Facebook and Zynga, it is interesting to see Google set this precedent."
They sent me an automatic message into my two Gmail accounts.
Which were then, ironically, filtered into the 'Spam' folder automatically. How awesome is that?
There's a spot in User Info for World of Warcraft account names? Really?
Yeah. You would think we would at least get some free email, or something.
Ironic that the only way to opt out of the privacy settlement is to mail in your full name, address, phone number and signature.
So tell me, how many days of you get at google per year? :)
you lost your privacy?
hmm, have you tried searching on google?
This seemed like a reasonable sig at the time.
The winners were users, who made a powerful, Microsoft-esque company that much more wary of violating privacy.
Google Settles Buzz Privacy Suit - Refund Issued to All Gmail Users
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