CALL FOR WEB PRIVACY SHAKE-UP

GOOGLE TO CALL FOR WEB PRIVACY SHAKE-UP

By Maija Palmer in London

Friday, September 14, 2007

Google will today attempt to take the high ground in the debate over internet privacy, by calling for new international laws to be set up to protect personal information online. An international body such as the United Nations or the OECD should draw up new guidelines, Peter Fleischer, global privacy counsel for Google will tell Unesco members at a conference in Strasbourg today. Google has become a focal point for a debate on internet privacy since European Union data protection bodies earlier this year questioned the length of time the company kept data on individuals using its search engine. Google was also criticised by Privacy International, the human rights group, as being potentially “hostile” to privacy.

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high ground
n.

A position of superiority over others, especially competitors or opponents: used negotiations as a way to gain the psychological and intellectual high ground.

The noun focal point has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
Synonym: focus

英国《金融时报》迈亚•帕尔默(Maija Palmer)伦敦报道

2007年9月14日 星期五

谷歌(Google)今天将呼吁建立新的国际法规，保护 网上个人信息，以图在有关互联网隐私问题的争论中占据有利地位。在今天将于法国斯特拉斯堡举行的一次会议上，谷歌的全球隐私法律顾问彼得•福莱希尔 (Peter Fleischer)将向联合国教科文组织(Unesco)建议，联合国或经合组织(OECD)等国际机构应当制定新的指导方针。 今年早些时候，欧盟(EU)数据保护机构质疑谷歌对个人用户使用其搜索引擎的数据保存时间过长，此后谷歌便成为了一场有关互联网隐私问题争论的焦点。人权组织“隐私国际”(Privacy International)也批评谷歌，称其潜在上“敌视”隐私问题。 译者/力文