(I wonder if Google's resistance hadn't made frontpage news, if these companies would even be saying anything right now.......rf)
Yahoo, MS: No personal data surrendered http://upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060123-031414-2463r WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Yahoo and Microsoft say they did not turn over any private information to the government when they complied with a subpoena. Google has refused to comply with the demand to supply six months of search data. The Justice Department is seeking the information in an effort to revive the Child Online Protection Act, which was overturned two years ago by the Supreme Court, by determining whether filtering software does the job of keeping children away from hardcore porn sites. Both Microsoft and Yahoo say that they provided data that contained nothing that would allow the government to identify specific users of their search engines, the San Jose Mercury News reported. While Google's refusal to comply with the subpoena is based on claims of shielding proprietary information, privacy is clearly an issue. "Google's acceding to the request would suggest it is willing to reveal information about those who use its services," Ashok Ramani, a lawyer representing Google, said in a letter to the Justice Department. "This is not a perception that Google can accept." © Copyright 2006 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved You are a subscribed member of the infowarrior list. Visit www.infowarrior.org for list information or to unsubscribe. This message may be redistributed freely in its entirety. Any and all copyrights appearing in list messages are maintained by their respective owners.
