Google is leading the call to create a global standard for how companies deal with private consumer data, but part of the search giant's proposal is that remedies focus on whether harm was actually caused by the information leak.
The move comes just days after the government blocked access to Google as part of its campaign to prevent citizens from accessing material deemed unsuitable.
Google's new China search engine not only censors many Web sites that question the Chinese government, but it goes further than similar services from Microsoft and Yahoo by targeting teen pregnancy, homosexuality, dating, beer and jokes.
Google said on Tuesday it would launch versions of its search and news Web sites in China that censor material deemed objectionable to authorities there, reasoning that users getting limited access to content was better than none.
A former Microsoft executive can immediately begin recruiting staff for a Google development centre in China, rather than waiting until after a January trial, a Washington state judge ruled on Tuesday.
As the essential tool for the wired generation, Google's search engine has come to embody the zeitgeist of the noughties -- one of information overload and instant gratification. But is it dangerous for a tech company to have such cultural influence?
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