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Google Inc. has agreed to draw up a separate privacy policy for its digital library in response to a request from the Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC emphasized Thursday that it would closely monitor how Google protects readers’ privacy.
Intense debate has surrounded a class-action settlement with U.S. authors and publishers giving Google the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books. Critics say Google will have too much insight about what people are reading.
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