Lawmakers question Google on its new privacy practices

Google's decision this week to share user data across its online services has caught the attention of eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives, with the lawmakers asking whether the changes will compromise privacy.

By Grant Gross | 27 January, 2012 07:29

Tags: advertising, Cliff Stearns of Florida and Joe Barton of Texas and Democrats Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Henry Waxman, Google, government, internet, Internet-based applications and services, Larry Page, mail, privacy, search engines, security, social networking, U.S. House of Representatives