Center for Digital Democracy Petitions FTC for Google Privacy Ruling

The Center for Digital Democracy has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission for a ruling on whether Google's announced change in privacy policy violates its consent decree with the FTC over Google Buzz.

Google last March settled FTC charges it violated its own privacy policies when it launched the social network, Google Buzz. CDD says users are still not sufficiently informed about the company's digital advertising and marketing practices, which it says are at the heart of the proposed changes, which take effect March 1. CDD says it has made informal inquiries and submissions, but is now making a formal request for an investigation, and asked the FTC to request that Google postpone the change until that investigation is complete.