Is There a Privacy Risk in Google Flu Trends? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/does-google-flu-trends-raises-new-privacy-risks/

> "I talked to Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic  
> Privacy Information Center, and he agreed with me to a large extent.  
> “I think Google Flu Trends makes clear an ongoing problem with the  
> use of Google search which has not been resolved,” said Mr.  
> Rotenberg, one of two co-signers of the letter to Mr. Schmidt.
>
> But he insisted that, by highlighting the unresolved problem, Google  
> Flu Trends made things worse. “I think this does change the game,”  
> he said. “Google is inviting public health officials to make more of  
> search information. In doing so, it has heightened the privacy risk  
> to p"


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