Google is planning to dramatically expand its Book Search service so that millions of books will be available for browsing, reading, and purchasing online. But in designing this new service, Google is leaving reader privacy behind. Without strong privacy protections, all of your browsing and reading history may be collected, tracked, and turned over to the government or third parties without your knowledge or consent.
You should be able to read about anything -- from politics to health -- without worrying that someone is looking over your shoulder. Email Google CEO Eric Schmidt and demand that Google Book Search protect your freedom to read privately!
Revelations about the secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) have emerged, and the news is not good for technology users or digital rights. Instead of concentrating on physical fakes and fraud, recently leaked draft language suggests ACTA will provide expansive powers to customs authorities worldwide to search and seize digital technology at the border on suspicion of IP infringements and to widen the criminalization of previously civil IP law way beyond profit-seeking pirates. An entire section of the trade agreement would create new regulations over the Internet and DRM -- but those details remain secret. Write to your representatives now to demand that Congress bring transparency to this clandestine pact.
