Media Post: DOJ Wants Google To Share Search, Click, Device Info With Rivals

While the Justice Department acknowledges the potential privacy pitfalls, it only gave a vague nod to the issue in its proposal, which says Google should safeguard “personal privacy and security,” but doesn’t explain how the company could do so. 

That vagueness is itself a problem, according to John Davisson, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. 

“It is important that whatever grows out of that proposed remedy be clarified in a way that actually protects privacy and security, and doesn’t just treat them as an afterthought,” he tells MediaPost.

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