http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/68095.html

In summary, there were protests over Google scanning and selling books online. This includes out-of-print books. Google rivals Microsoft, Amazon and Yahoo! have filed objections to the settlement with the court along with the French and German governments, privacy advocates and consumer watchdog groups.
For background information, see: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/68078.html

I personally feel that Google has done something that other organisations might do in the future. Everything is digitalised now, and there are even e-books around online for purchase. Perhaps Google can consider scanning and selling books that are no longer under the copyright laws. Royalties should also be paid to the author(s) of the books. In addition, what Google can do is to get permission from the authors and publishers before scanning in the books, so that such controversy can be minimised.

Assuming Google is doing this for the good of the netizens and not for monetary reasons, do you think Google should continue with this project?

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/63668.html?wlc=1252493244

Two legal groups have filed a lawsuit to get more information on whether the Federal Government may be using Americans' handphones to locate their locations, sometimes with no official warrant or court order.
Americans were also unaware of being tracked by the government as the government obtained information directly from their various service providers without the user's knowledge.

They claimed that this technology is good to locate people who are missing or has lost their way. However, I think this technology should be used only during emergency and not to track anyone the government or any unauthorised people who want to track on anyone they want. Furthermore, imagine parents tracking on you everyday. I believe many teenagers would cry in protest for their privacy rights.

Hence my question: Should this technology be used only if there's a dire need (like locating someone missing) and if the government needs to track down wanted criminals? Should parents also have this privilege to find out their children's whereabouts anytime they wish to?

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67888.html

This article discusses the violation of privacy laws as well as misinformation with regards to users' personal information.

It was reported that Facebook, a popular social networking site, disseminated user's personal information without getting proper consent. The users also allege that Facebook conducted data-mining and harvesting without informing such practices to its members.

Question:
Should users' personal information as well as data mined from the users' daily searches and clicks be disseminated to third parties, since Facebook is a free social networking site? If, not, how is it possible for all users to enjoy such powerful networking site, and at the same time help Facebook maintain costs?