Google calls for internet privacy

(Mon, 17th September 2007)

Internet search giant Google has called on governments and businesses across the world to agree to global privacy rules.

According to Google's privacy counsel Peter Fleischer, the health of the internet is at risk if uniform privacy guidelines are not introduced.

Speaking at a United Nations agency conference in Strasbourg, Mr Fleischer said that guidelines drawn up by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation prevented "harm" against internet users.

Mr Fleisher said in his speech: "The minority of the world's countries that have privacy regimes follow divergent models. Citizens lose out because they are unsure about what rights they have given the patchwork of competing regimes."

Last month, Google chief internet evangelist Vint Cerf, who developed the basic protocols of the internet in the 1970, said that regulation of content online should not occur, as it is a reflection of today's society.

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