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  • Google defends privacy credentials

    Google has defended its privacy credentials following a claim by Microsoft's privacy chief last week that the search giant was a decade behind Microsoft when it came to privacy.

  • Microsoft slams Google on privacy

    Google's approach to privacy is a decade behind Microsoft, the Redmond software giant's chief privacy strategist told ZDNet.com.au on Thursday in a video interview.

  • Google defends Street View coverage

    Search giant Google today defended the incomplete Australian coverage provided by its Street View add-on to its Google Maps and Earth tools, after launching the service early this morning.

  • Google Street View cars collect 3D data

    Google confirmed today it's gathering 3D data along with the photographs it takes for its online Street View service, but says data currently remains "experimental".

  • Google denies Street View has privacy issues

    There are no privacy issues with Google Street View, a Maps-based project that offers 360-degree panoramic views of various streets in cities around the US, according to Google Australia's head of engineering.

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    Microsoft slams Google on privacy

    Google's approach to privacy is a decade behind Microsoft, according to the Redmond software giant's chief privacy strategist Peter Cullen.

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    Google denies Street View has privacy issues

    At the Google developer day in Sydney last week, Google Australia's head of engineering Lars Rasmussen denied that privacy was an issue when it came to Google Street View because, he said, the images are all taken in "public areas".

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