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Groups Challenge Google's Policy on Not Linking to Privacy Policy

A coalition of a dozen organizations, many based in California, have urged Google to include a link from its homepage to its privacy policy. In a letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the groups say that the Internet giant is required by California privacy law to post the link. They also point out that posting it is the"widespread practice of commmercial web sites."

Google attacked over privacy policy visibility, News.com, June 3, 2008