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The Times : Google overturns disclosure ruling

By Andrew Redfern @ 16th July 2008 9:31 am

Big news in the Viacom / Google court case that will have far reaching data-protection and privacy ramifications. A report on yesterday’s TimesOnline says “Google has successfully overturned a judgment which would have compelled it to release the personal details of YouTube users as part of a legal action that is being brought against the site. The search giant said it had reached an agreement with Viacom, the entertainment giant which is suing YouTube for $1 billion, which will protect the privacy of YouTube users whose details have been requested by Viacom in its copyright infringement case.

Viacom, the parent company of MTV, had asked Google to hand over information about YouTube users, including their user names and their IP addresses – the number that identifies every device that is connected to the internet – as part of its case which alleges that YouTube has hosted vast quantities of illegally uploaded content.”

This will assuage fears raised by the original YouTube / Viacom disclosure ruling which broke new ground in user privacy.

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