Privacy commissioners from around the world have issued a public letter expressing concern with Google's privacy practices. The letter is specifically focused on the Google Buzz product.
Privacy Commissioners Warn Google on Privacy Practices
April 20, 2010
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Last night this was released http://windowssecrets.com/2010/04/22/01 in releation to hotmail and windows live.
Seems Microsoft went a sptep ahead of google and put peoples private Emails and messages online for all to see.
Canadian connection:
Bell Canada exports all these services to Microsoft (hotmail, windows live, Windows Live ID).
Bell Canada users and those who use The above MS services may want to take a look to see if you are affected. and adjust privacy settings.
From what I can make out from the article, MS has been harvesting peoples content then just plastered it all over the place w/o anyone knowing.