Google Toolbar Tracks Browsing Even After Users Choose "Disable"

[Dave Farber <dfarber () me com>]

> From: "Ben Edelman" <ben () benedelman org>
> To: <dave () farber net>
> Date: January 26, 2010 06:57:02 AM EST
> Subject: Google Toolbar Tracks Browsing Even After Users Choose "Disable"
>
> Dave,
>
> I just posted the following article.  Of possible interest to IP --
>
> Google Toolbar Tracks Browsing Even After Users Choose "Disable"
>
> http://www.benedelman.org/news/012610-1.html
>
> I present screenshots and screen-capture videos demonstrating that even
> after a user specifically chooses to "disable" the Google Toolbar, and even
> after the Google Toolbar disappears from view, Google Toolbar continues
> tracking users' web browsing -- including the specific sites visited, pages
> browsed, and searches conducted.  I then critique Google's installation --
> which lets users activate these transmissions in a single click, while
> making it much harder to cease the transmissions.  I compare Google's
> current notice/consent process to Google's 2004 version, finding important
> declines in both presentation and substance of disclosures.
>
>
> Ben


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