The issue is not privacy. The issue is equality of exposure. – John Perry Barlow
Truly it hath been said that all websites are created equal, but some websites are equaller than others. So it is with Google.
The search engine behemoth actively strives to index everything that, however briefly, pokes its nose into the Internet, and it employs a number of lawyers to make sure nothing interferes with its ability to do so.
Apparently, it employs at least one other lawyer to make sure nothing confidential to Google shows up there, or, if it does, it sleeps with the fishes in an expeditious manner.
Odd, then, to see Stacey Wexler, litigation counsel for Google, send New York tech blog Silicon Alley Insider an email asking it to take down references to a YouTube advertising contract in a story about the video site’s new revenue-sharing program for ads sold by video creators. Odder still to see Silicon Alley Insider post the email to its site, then take it down…
What part of “don’t be evil” does this fit under, exactly?
Whether your company has a policy of openness or discretion on the level of omerta, it’s important for both PR and security purposes to maintain that policy throughout the company and its actions. Unless IT knows what to protect, it’s just playing a guessing game and sooner or later you will lose. Don’t take that chance; be transparent, if not with your documents, with your policies.
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