February 04, 2006
* Customer Info Collected By Search Engines Increasingly Subject to Scrutiny

FAQ: When Google is not your friend, by Declan McCullagh: "Google's recent legal spat with the U.S. Department of Justice highlights not only what information search engines record about us but also the shortcomings in a federal law that's supposed to protect online privacy."

Related references:

  • New York Times - Increasingly, Internet's Data Trail Leads to Court: "...just as technology is prompting Internet companies to collect more information and keep it longer than before, prosecutors and civil lawyers are more readily using that information."