A federal judge has ordered Google to disclose users' viewing histories on YouTube, including usernames and IP addresses. Stacey Vanek-Smith looks into the privacy concerns the ruling raises. Bob Moon: Attention YouTube watchers: Big Brother...

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Google Inc. has been ordered to disclose reams of data detailing the personal video-watching habits of YouTube users in a landmark court decision that critics say could potentially identify millions of people around the world and erodes expectations...
(07-03) 18:06 PDT -- In a wide-reaching ruling that could have serious privacy implications, a U.S. district judge has ruled that the popular Internet video site YouTube must hand over details about what people are watching online. The...
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A federal judge this week ordered Google to provide Viacom with records of which users watched which videos on YouTube. The ruling raises fears that the video viewing histories of tens of millions of people could be exposed. The sheer amount of data...
As part of the discovery process in its $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube, Viacom asked for an astonishing array of information: the source code for the search functions that power Google and YouTube, the source code for YouTube's new "Video...
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