Judge Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube Records

Miguel Helft, reporting for the Times:

A federal judge in New York has ordered Google to turn over to Viacom a database linking users of YouTube, the Web’s largest video site by far, with every clip they have watched there.

The order raised concerns among users and privacy advocates that the online video viewing habits of hundreds of millions of people could be exposed.

★ Thursday, 3 July 2008