Let the record-keeper beware
The US government’s subpoena for millions of Internet search records from Google and other search firms has raised new concerns about the vast amounts of personal information collected by companies. Here’s a novel answer. Limit the records kept.
Google is being commended by many for standing up to the Bush administration. But however brave Google’s current stance may be, the legal debate over Google’s compliance misses the deeper and more urgent point: By keeping every search ever made on file, the search-engine companies are helping create the problem in the first place.
