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Information Technology News Google threatens to pull Gmail from Germany
Information Technology News Google threatens to pull Gmail from Germany | Google threatens to pull Gmail from Germany |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Tuesday, 26 June 2007 | |
  
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Comments made by Peter Fleischer, global privacy counsel at Google, to German magazine WirtschaftsWoche have been variously translated by English-language publications, but the gist is that the company regards the proposed laws as a severe blow to privacy and would be prepared to stop offering the service to German users rather than allowing co-operation with the new law to harm its reputation. Google is unable to use the Gmail name in Germany due to a trademark conflict, so the service is known locally as Google Mail.{moscomment} |
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