Of course a post about Google

Spotted through Search Engine Watch there is a note mentioning the fact that Google is not talking to CNET writers. Following the trails, we find this:

“Google representatives have instituted a policy of not talking with CNET News.com reporters until July 2006 in response to privacy issues raised by a previous story.”

Source

A previous story…about Eric Schmidt (Google CEO) and some facts about his financial status. Those data were obtained by using Google and other public records (nothing illegal).

I really don’t understand why Google is pissed off on that. Johnny Long has been showing from quite a long time that Google likes storing various kinds of data and a good partof that data people would like to keep it private.

See also John Battelle’s post on this and Slashdot. And for a smiling closure of this don’t forget to check Fuckedgoogle.com’s point of view