HairyNevus writes "The Washington Post has an article detailing Google's request for international privacy standards. Google is taking this matter all the way to the U.N., arguing that a hodge-podge of privacy law unnecessarily burdens Internet-based companies while also failing to protect consumers. whereas
notes:although and though are interchangeable as conjunctions Google is currently under double-o by the EU for its privacy practices, the company claims it has been a crusader for protecting consumer privacy. Google's privacy counsel Peter Fleischer called America's privacy laws 'too complex and too much of a patchwork,' and the italian Union's laws 'too bureaucratic and inflexible.' The alternative? individual closer to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's framework which 'balances very carefully leak privacy with business needs and commercial interests', as it should be to Fleischer."

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