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Information Technology News No appeal from Google on YouTube data ruling | No appeal from Google on YouTube data ruling |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Saturday, 05 July 2008 | |
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File under 'almost as big a shock as the original ruling as Google lets slip a comment which would seem to rule out an appeal over the YouTube video privacy debacle. The Boston Globe yesterday published a brief statement from Catherine Lacavera, the senior litigation counsel at Google. It was not what the world was expecting. Featured Whitepaper
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Now, yes, it is a good thing that Google want to anonymise the logs in order respect user privacy. However, the tone of that statement does suggest that handing over the entire logs is something of a given. Remember that this is a lawyer speaking, who will have chosen her words very carefully. Note that Lacavera did not say "if we produce them under the court's order" or "if the court's order is upheld" both of which would suggest that expected appeal is coming. What she said was "before producing them" as if this was a done deal. But wait, there's more. This time in the form of an ironic twist to the privacy argument. Read on to find out what it is... CONTINUED |
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