The Big G Responds to Privacy Policy Backlash: Don't Log In - with the best links of the day

Welcome back! I imagine you've come for another links roundup. We'll be talking about Google, Twitter and Facebook.

Right, who has been talking about Google? It was searchenginewatch.com who wrote an article called Google Responds to Privacy Policy Backlash: Don't Log In.

Google: also known as The Big G

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What did they say about Google? They said:

Google was on the hot seat as online privacy concerns swirled in Washington, D.C., where the Data Privacy Day event was held last Thursday

and went on to say

A group of lawmakers sent Google CEO Larry Page a letter requesting responses to several detailed questions about changes the company made to its privacy policies on January 24

Facebook: http://facebook.com

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Next up it's a site that's been writing about Facebook - Polling App Makes Blog Feedback Painless.

They said:

SEE ALSO: HOW TO: Poll Consumers on Facebook There are many polling software products for online audiences

... interesting ...

Yoder's goal for the end of the year is to gain 25,000 users and really improve the product based on continued user feedback. People can already sign in for free with their Facebook or Twitter to embed their own polls. There is also a new video element where they can add a YouTube video directly into a poll (see video below). They can be as creative with the pared-down poll as they want

Finally it's Google: Removing Unlawful Content With Algorithm "A Bad Idea" from www.webpronews.com, also focussing on Google. They had some interesting points to make, particularly

On Monday, UK members of Parliament questioned Google about privacy issues - more specifically the removal of certain search results that house illegal content

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The main point of contention from the House of Commons committee on privacy was whether or not Google should automatically de-index certain content with some sort of algorithm. Google's short answer to that request: No.