Google dropped from ‘trusted’ list
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Has Google ever been a trusted company?
Surprisingly, apparently, it has. But not any more — at least, not to people polled for a new survey.
Of Net companies, Facebook, Apple, Yahoo and Verizon for the first time made an annual ranking of the top 20 most trusted companies in the United States, says the San Francisco Chronicle going on:
“Google, however, dropped off the list, released today by the Ponemon Institute and TRUSTe in San Francisco …”
The institute got 6,500 people, weighted by age, gender and household income to match the US census, to name the five companies they trusted most and least, says the story, adding:
“Concern about privacy is higher than ever, the survey showed. Less than half of consumers — 45 percent — feel they have control over their personal information. That’s down from 48 percent last year and 56 percent in 2006.”
‘Do no evil’ Google was the only company to completely fail an important six-month investigation into privacy practices employed by key Net-based companies, said a p2pnet post last year, continuing »»»
But, not one of the organizations included managed `green` status and overall, the privacy standard of the key Internet players is appalling, with some companies demonstrating either wilful or a mindless disregard for the privacy rights of their customers, says Privacy International., which produced the scathing study.
The exploitation of new technologies and tools, will result in one of the greatest privacy challenges in recent decades, it states. We`re, witnessing an increased `race to the bottom` in corporate surveillance of customers.
Added PI:
“We are aware that the decision to place Google at the bottom of the ranking is likely to be controversial, but throughout our research we have found numerous deficiencies and hostilities in Google`s approach to privacy that go well beyond those of other organizations.”
San Francisco Chronicle – Google off list of 20 most trusted companies, December 15, 2008
p2pnet – Google flunks major privacy study, June 11, 2007
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December 17th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
But google is best
December 28th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I laways thought ‘Google was my friend’
December 28th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Always even…