Google passing European user data to the US

[nsane.forums]

Google has admitted that they have also passed on European user data to United States intelligence agencies, much in the same way that Microsoft's UK managing director, Gordon Frazer said that they have been compelled to do, when the US government requests it, no matter where the data is hosted around the world.

According to Softpedia, Google said that they have been compelled to comply with requests from US intelligence agencies to reveal data stored amongst its European data centers, a move which could well be a violation of European Union data protection laws.

Softpedia stated that the main problem lies with the USA PATRIOT ACT, which tells companies that are incorporated in the United States that they have to hand over data which has been administered by their foreign subsidiaries if they are requested to do so.

In June this year, Microsoft admitted that they had been passing on European customer data from its Office 365 cloud service to various US government departments, which caught the eyes of various members of the European Parliament who said that they were concerned by the news. They are now highly likely to start an official inquiry into the news.

European Union legislation requires that companies must protect the personal information of EU citizens, something, it seems that companies such as Google and Microsoft cannot do.

View: Original Article

[Nemesis]

that is why i hate using google for anything. however it is the best search engine available (obviously) so what is a guy to do?

[Kojootti]

that is why i hate using google for anything. however it is the best search engine available (obviously) so what is a guy to do?

The worst thing one can do is to use the normal Google Chrome which collects a lot of stuff what you do on net,that's why it's

better to get SRWare Iron which is compiled from the same source as Chrome,but it has anonymity.

http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

SRWare Iron: The browser of the future - based on the free Sourcecode "Chromium" - without any problems at privacy and security

Google's Web browser Chrome thrilled with an extremely fast site rendering, a sleek design and innovative features.  
But it also gets critic from data protection specialists , for reasons such as creating a unique user ID 
or the submission of entries to Google to generate suggestions. 
SRWare Iron is a real alternative. 
The browser is based on the Chromium-source and offers the same features as Chrome 
- but without the critical points that the privacy concern.

We could therefore create a browser with which you can now use the innovative features without worrying about your privacy.

Comparism of Iron and Chrome at privacy: Here!

And as for google search,if you're using Firefox make sure to have adblockplus,noscript and ghostery installed.

If you examine those 3 plugins closely you will be amazed what will the google search normally pick from your searches,

partly based on that,that's the adverts you gonna get on your browser if any, when visiting other sites..

[silencer]

First of all Iron is a scam. Second use sniffer and look what Chrome send to google... Nothing special? Ooouu... :( Third - that's a law of USA. Google is sooo baad and evil! Black PR still works as I see... Every company have to send information to them, not only Google. Wait... I don't see anyone complaining about US gov?