Leaked doc reveals Google privacy debate
A leaked Google "vision statement" has revealed the search giant's agonising over just how far to go in profiting from the vast array of data is holds on the world's Internet users.
The seven-page document seen by the Wall Street Journal, stamped 'Internal Confidential', was compiled in late 2008 by Aitan Weinberg, now a senior product manager for interest-based advertising at Google.
Guided by their founding principle "Don't Be Evil", the search giant's founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have in the past tried to maintain the company's reputation as a benign titan. But it the wake of a more cavalier approach to user privacy by rivals such as Facebook, the company has been tempted to make greater use of user data.
