A Harvard University Law student has filed a class action suit against Google because of their new social networking application "Buzz". The gist of it is that Buzz attempts to manage all of your social networks by analyzing all of your contacts email addresses. It doesn't ask who you want to "friend" or anything like that. If you are signed up for Gmail, you are already a part of it. The student is suing as she believes the fact that personal information is shared with people she hasn't approved is a violation of privacy law. "Citing that the search engine giant’s new social networking application Google Buzz is disclosing personal information without any form of consent which constitutes a breach of privacy."
The question will be how much privacy should one expect when putting information onto the internet AND how will the updates to terms of use for sites like Facebook change the complexion of this case. Facebook now makes some of your information searchable now.
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