May 25th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Will DeVries, Policy CounselWe created Google Analytics to help website owners aggregate and analyze their traffic so they can improve and update their sites. Like traffic pattern reports tell you about traffic on a highway or street, Google …
May 24th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
by Galen Panger, Public Policy Communications teamGoogle isn’t just a search engine — it’s also an engine of economic growth. And tomorrow morning Googlers will be fanning out to 11 cities across the country — from Capitol Hill in D.C. to Allied…
May 17th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Director of Public PolicyWe began the Google Policy Fellowship 3 years ago to match students with advocacy organizations working on policy issues fundamental to the future of the Internet and its users. We’ve been impressed by…
May 10th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Paul Feng, Group Product ManagerMore mobile app developers — the folks who use mobile ad networks like Google, AdMob, Apple/Quattro, Millennial, Jumptap, Greystripe and others to make money from ads within their iPhone and Android apps — ar…
May 7th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Jane Horvath and Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy CounselToday, we responded to a letter that a group of data protection commissioners recently sent us about privacy at Google, relating to the launch of Buzz in particular. In our letter, we…
May 5th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Richard Salgado, Senior Counsel, Law Enforcement and Information SecurityJust over a month ago, we helped launch Digital Due Process, a coalition of technology companies, privacy advocates and academics working to update the Electronic Commun…
May 4th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Paul Feng, Group Product ManagerWe’ve been talking with the Federal Trade Commission for the past six months about our planned acquisition of mobile advertising start-up AdMob, which we believe will bring new innovation and competition to m…
May 3rd, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Dorothy Chou, Policy AnalystToday we’re joining Internews, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and others in recognizing the critical, and often dangerous work that print journalists and bloggers do to bring us information from the …
April 27th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Derek Slater, Policy Analyst$4.7 trillion. According to a new study by the Computer & Communications Industry Association, that’s the amount of revenue generated in the U.S. by the “fair use economy” — industries that rely on fair …
April 26th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Rick Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media CounselThere’s been a lot of debate about the best way to implement the National Broadband Plan and open Internet rules after the recent Comcast decision. Lots of smart people have recommended reason…
April 21st, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by David Green, Global Communications and Public AffairsAccess to information about our home energy use can teach us all sorts of things about the appliances in our homes and how they interact with the electric grid. At an event we recently co-h…
April 19th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Will DeVries, Policy CounselIn March, the Federal Trade Commission concluded its “Exploring Privacy” roundtable series. The series brought together leaders from government, advocacy, academia, and industry to discuss ways to best protec…
April 16th, 2010 | by David Green | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Christine Y. Chen, Policy Communications ManagerEarlier this week, Google’s Senior Policy Counsel Nicklas Lundblad and Policy Manager Betsy Masiello published a paper called “Opt-in dystopias” in SCRIPTed, a Journal of Law, Technology …
April 14th, 2010 | by David Green | published in Google Public Policy
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…
April 13th, 2010 | by David Green | published in Google Public Policy
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…