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Privacy and the Memory Hole - 10/15/2005 08:42:00 AM

Google published a new privacy policy, and it's sure to be dissected by bloggers and pundits across the web. But one feature of the new privacy policy that's not likely to get a lot of attention is Google's archive of old privacy policies. This is a much-needed step toward greater transparency.

This site has complained several times when Google changes blog postings without acknowledging the changes. While Google's founders aspire to the principles of a "well run newspaper," the company has on occasion neglected the duty to acknowledge and memorialize errors, omissions and changes to content it has published online. While amateur bloggers can get away with this, well run newspapers can't -- and if Google wants to be the hub of the world's information, Google should be fastidious about tracking changes.

An open and transparent approach to privacy is critical maintaining the public's trust in Google. Acknowledging and memorializing the changes in its policies over time is a welcome step in avoiding the memory hole.