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Google recently settled with the Federal Trade Commission over charges of “deceptive privacy practices” relating to its controversial social networking “Buzz” feature. The settlement between Google and the F.T.C.—first of its kind—requires Google to initiate a “privacy program” under which it must submit to regular privacy audits for 20 years and accept fines for future privacy violations. The F.T.C. hopes that this settlement will serve as an example and lead to the adoption of the practices articulated in it throughout the web to protect users’ privacy.