Three GMail Users Suing Over Google Buzz Privacy
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MediaPost is reporting that three Gmail users filed a lawsuit against Google this week in relation to privacy violations from the Google Buzz launch.
Google Buzz, in case your memory of Internet happenings doesn't extend that far back, was an earlier attempt of Google's at social media, launched about a year and a half before Google+ came out. It was introduced as part of Gmail, and launched to a huge backlash over privacy issues.
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