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style="">OPLIN 4Cast #152: Google Dashboard</b><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">November 12, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span class="grame"><i><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">4casting technologies that could have an
impact on
public libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></h1>
<p>Online privacy has been a concern since the first online account was
created. Recently, Google announced the launch of Google Dashboard.
This is a new service that summarizes the data stored with any Google
account.
Once you log in to any of your Google accounts, there is a link to
Google
Dashboard in the "personal settings" of the "my account"
page.<br>
<br>
Your private data will be collected and stored if you go online. Here
is
one way for your to control at least one aspect of it.</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPaJPxhPq_g&feature=player_embedded"
target="_blank">Google Dashboard</a> [video] contains a summary of
Dashboard in under three minutes.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140411/Dashboard_shows_what_Google_knows_about_you"
target="_blank">Dashboard shows what Google knows about you</a>:
Critics say Google makes some privacy progress, but call for more
transparency </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://adage.com/digitalnext/post.php?article_id=140399"
target="_blank">Google Dashboard Changes Our Thinking About Privacy</a>
Do we protect or do we manage our digital information?</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Two resources for people who think
their online rights or privacy have been violated:<a
href="http://epic.org/" target="_blank"><br>
Electronic Privacy Information Cente</a>r was established in 1994 draw
attention to online emerging "civil liberties issues and to protect
privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values." EPIC also
publishes an online newsletter on civil liberties in the information
age - the EPIC Alert. They also publish reports and even books about
privacy, open government, free speech, and other important topics
related to civil liberties.<a href="http://www.eff.org/" target="_blank"><br>
The Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> protects freedom in the online
world. The EFF defends "free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer
rights."</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Cool fact from this 4Cast:</b><br>
<em>Google said the tool monitors <span style=""> </span>more
than 20 commonly used products, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Web
History,
YouTube, Picasa, Talk, Reader, Alerts and Google Latitude. </em><span
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