Google to strengthen Calendar privacy warnings

Published 16:32:35 26.04.2007 Google Inc. is working on making privacy warnings around its Calendar application stronger amid concerns that some users of the service may unintentionally be exposing more information than they mean to.
The Web-based calendar was launched last year. Similar to other desktop calendar applications, it allows users to store event information, contacts and other data. The information is kept online by Google and can be accessed over the Net from anywhere. Users have the choice of making their calendar entries private -- the default choice -- or allowing public searches of the information. The idea is to give users an easy-to-use tool for discovering and sharing event information with others, according to Greg Badros, engineering director of Google. "We wanted to make the settings as easy as possible to make a calendar public," Badros said. It is currently used by "millions" of users worldwide, a spokeswoman said. More info can be found at :Sourcehttp://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9017259