Google Launches Global Privacy Crusade

Sep 14, 2007 By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- Drawing upon its clout as the Internet's most powerful company, Google Inc. is calling on businesses and regulators throughout the world to adopt international standards for protecting consumer privacy online and offline.



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