> > Google is in the middle of such a problem. The Viacom case in the US > is a major privacy meltdown, though the press releases on both sides > are playing it down.
True. I meant the comment in context of user profiling in mail. You're right - Google and Viacom are about set some seriously scary precedents in online privacy and copyright laws. And given Google's stand that IPs are not PII[1], it looks like they will give Viacom the stuff they're looking for. However, I don't understand why Viacom would want user logins if they don't intend to go after the consumers. Some very odd stuff going on in this case. [1] http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2008/02/are-ip-addresses-personal.html -- Sumant Srivathsan sumants.blogspot.com
