November 8th, 2007 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by John Burchett, State Policy CounselWhile we know that the Internet allows people and organizations to operate much more efficiently, the reality is that personal computers, servers and data centers use too much energy. Right now, the average…
November 4th, 2007 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Sebastian Mueller, European Policy ManagerHow does the EU privacy regime fit with the idea of developing global privacy standards? How should the EU’s laws for data protection evolve to continue safeguarding privacy in the digital age? And…
October 31st, 2007 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy CounselThe rapid growth of the Internet — and the promise of future growth — has been driven primarily by online advertising. Web sites and search engines are able to provide valuable services to consumers for free due…
October 30th, 2007 | by Adam | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Nicklas Lundblad, European Policy Manager – StockholmElections bring new and interesting uses of the Internet. A case in point is Denmark’s snap election in November.The country is very Internet-savvy and was recently found to have the highe…
October 25th, 2007 | by Adam | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel California has a way of inventing things that turn out to be popular around the world (hey, not just Google). California passed the first so-called security breach notification law, in 2002. To date,…
October 14th, 2007 | by Adam | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Rishi Jaitly, Policy Analyst – Google India”Intermediary liability” may sound like something you’d only hear about in a law school torts class, but its meaning is both important and easy for all Internet users to understand. It’s the principl…
October 12th, 2007 | by Adam | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy CounselA recent article about our treatment of a political ad placed on Google suggested that we make decisions about advertising content based on the political viewpoint of the advertiser and the ad. This is simply untr…
October 12th, 2007 | by Adam | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Jake Hubert, Policy AnalystSenator Mike Gravel (D-AK, 1969-1981) may have felt like a “potted plant” during the YouTube debate, but during his visit to the Googleplex Wednesday he was the center of attention. Senator Gravel became the sixth …
October 3rd, 2007 | by Adam | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Media and Telecom CounselWhen the FCC in late July voted to adopt its spectrum band plan and license conditions for the upcoming 700 MHz auction, it was natural to assume that was the end of the regulatory story. To…
September 27th, 2007 | by Adam | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy CounselLater today David Drummond, our Senior VP for Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, will take to Capitol Hill to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the latest developments in the online ad…
September 25th, 2007 | by Adam | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy CounselI’ve blogged before about Google’s view that our acquisition of DoubleClick will lead to better, more useful online advertising for consumers, and more choices for advertisers and website publishers. We have also …
September 17th, 2007 | by Adam | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy CounselOnline advertising is still a relatively new industry, and the recent flurry of acquisitions in this space – by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, and other companies – has drawn even more attention to the issues i…
September 14th, 2007 | by Adam | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Global Public Policy and Government AffairsAmong the many excellent things about Australia (think: kangaroos, koalas, wombats, emus, kookaburras, the Great Barrier Reef, the Sydney Opera House, the Go-Betweens, …
September 14th, 2007 | by Adam | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy CounselAs I’ve noted before, everyone has a right to privacy online — and governments have an obligation to keep their citizens safe. Yet despite the international scope of even the most ordinary Internet act…
September 13th, 2007 | by Adam | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Chris Sacca, Head of Special InitiativesAs loyal readers of this blog know, earlier this year the Federal Communications Commission took some significant steps to giving consumers more choices when it comes to high-speed wireless Internet acc…