Privacy advocates criticize Google home page

Google Inc. and privacy advocates are in a fight over valuable real estate: google.com.Several top consumer groups wrote an open letter to the Web search leader Tuesday, accusing it of violating a California law by failing to link to its privacy policy from google.com.Google’s response: “We share the view that privacy information should be easy to find, and we believe our privacy policy is readily accessible to our users.”
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Privacy groups are accusing Google of violating California law in its reluctance to provide a direct link to its privacy policy on its homepage.The search engine giant is being asked to write the word “privacy” alongside other information links.”It’s a short, seven-letter word and in the world of privacy it’s a very important word,” said Beth Givens of Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.Google says its policy is easy to find and it gives “accessible information”.
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