mail contacts in a now-defunct service called Buzz. A lawsuit filed Wednesday by EPIC maintains the agreement gives FTC the power to stop Google from making the planned privacy change. The complaint also is seeking an order from a Washington federal court to block Google's policy changes from taking effect March 1. European regulators already have asked Google to delay the policy changes Among other things, EPIC alleges Google's new privacy guidelines require users' consent. The group also alleges Google hasn't thoroughly explained the motives for the changes, making it an "unfair and deceptive business practice." In a statement, Google said it has gone to great lengths to explain the changes to users since announcing the planned switch two weeks ago. The Mountain View, Calif., company previously has said it explained the privacy revisions to the FTC. "We take privacy very seriously," Google said,http://www.nixsvr.ru/forum/index.php?topic=89499.msg93088#msg93088. "We're happy to engage in constructive conversations about our updated privacy policy, but EPIC is wrong on the facts and the law." FTC spokeswoman Claudia Bourne Farrell said agency "takes compliance with our consent orders very seriously and always looks carefully at any evidence that they are being violated." Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,cheap toms, rewritten or redistributed. Your comment will be posted immediately, unless it is spam or contains profanity. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ,http://60.247.57.147:81/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=1415139&extra=. An insider's guide to politics and policy, available on the iPad or as a PDF download.
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