Google's Book Settlement and Privacy

Very interesting article by David Bender in the New York Law Journal about the fact that the Google book settlement lacks user data protection.

Mr. Bender notes that the settlement contains nothing explicit regarding such matters as what personal data Google may collect, how it may be used, how it must be secured and to whom and under what conditions it may be disclosed for what purposes.

The article notes that the EFF, the ACLU, and the Berkeley Law Public Policy Clinic have urged Google to include privacy protections in the book settlement.