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Last Update on February 09, 2012 08:10 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A consumer watchdog group wants to keep Google from making sweeping changes to its privacy policies next month. And it's suing the Federal Trade Commission to do it. The planned changes would enable Google to bundle the personal information gathered by its Internet search engine and other services so the company can get a better understanding of its users and potentially sell more advertising. But the Electronic Privacy Information Center says Google's policy switch would violate restrictions in an agreement reached with the FTC last year. Its lawsuit is trying to force FTC to enforce those rules. The complaint also wants a court order to block Google's policy changes from taking effect March 1. European regulators already have asked Google to delay the policy changes.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Path is sorry. The social-sharing app has come under fire for accessing and uploading users' address books without their permission. Path has apologized and the information has now been deleted. Path dubs itself a "personal network," letting its users share photos, videos and updates with close friends. Path prides itself on strict privacy controls. CEO Dave Morin said in a blog post that Path is "deeply sorry" if its users were uncomfortable with the way their phone contacts were used. He says the address books were uploaded to Path's servers over an encrypted connection and were used to improve friend suggestions and tell people when their friends joined the service. A new version only uploads users' contacts only if they choose that option.
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