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Posted by Will DeVries, Privacy Policy CounselAlma Whitten, Google’s Privacy Engineering Lead, wrote this commentary for Forbes, where she discusses our company’s commitment to user choice and transparency. In the piece she describes how privacy is som…

Posted by Nicklas Lundblad, Senior Policy CounselOn the 10th of April 1710 — 300 years ago this week — the Statute of Anne was enacted in England. It is arguably the first modern copyright law, and a key foundation for the United States’ earliest cop…

Posted by Urs Hoelzle, Senior Vice President, Operations and Google FellowFor the past decade, we have been working to make our data centers as efficient as possible; we now use less than half the energy to run Google’s data centers than the industry a…

Posted by Harry Wingo, Policy CounselYesterday, I spoke at a panel with other tech companies about how small businesses can leverage the Internet to grow their business. The event was put on by the SBA and FCC through a program called SCORE, which, am…

Posted by Galen Panger, Global Communications & Public AffairsLast week, actress Marlee Matlin visited the Googleplex to preview her new YouTube reality show, “My Deaf Family,” and to talk about some of the challenges facing people who are deaf or …

Posted by Harry Wingo, Policy CounselIf someone told you that they had an idea that could help government agencies function more productively while also cutting IT costs up to 50%, wouldn’t you take them up on the offer? That’s the kind of promise…

Posted by Scott Rubin, Public Policy Sr. ManagerWe created Google Buzz to make it easy for everyone* – including teenagers – to start conversations about the things you find interesting. A lot of people have been using Buzz since it launched, but some …

Posted by Jamie Yood, Google Clean Energy TeamHow many times have you been headed out of town for a long weekend when you got that sick feeling that you didn’t turn off the lights? Wouldn’t it be great if you could turn down your AC from the beltwa…

Posted by Alan Davidson, Director of Public PolicyThis afternoon I’m testifying before the Congressional – Executive Commission on China on our new approach in China and what led to it.As we’ve said, figuring out how to make good on Google’s prom…

Posted by Harry Wingo, Policy CounselWe’re always developing new ways to make your online experience more secure. For example, earlier this year we worked through several technical obstacles to become the only major webmail provider to offer session-…

Posted by Mistique Cano, Public Policy Communications ManagerEditor’s note: This post now includes video from the event.With spring in the air, it’s hard to imagine that just a few weeks ago the city was blanketed in an obscene amount of snow. It ca…

Posted by Jacob Glick, Canada Policy CounselIt’s not every day that you get to ask your country’s leader questions about issues you care about. But that’s exactly what Canadians did this afternoon when Prime Minister Stephen Harper sat down with …

Posted by Tamar Fruchtman, Senior Corporate CounselLast month, Stanford University announced an expanded partnership that takes advantage of our settlement agreement to make millions of works from its library collection accessible to people across the …

Posted by Vint Cerf, Chief Internet EvangelistInternet users deserve to be well-informed about the performance of their broadband connections, and good data is the foundation of sound policy. So I’m excited to see that the FCC has launched a “beta” con…

Posted by Pablo Chavez, Managing Policy Counsel This morning the House Committee on Foreign Affairs will address Internet censorship, trade, and network security. These are all issues of great importance to Google as we continue to create and improve …