Putting Sergey Brin under the Googlescope

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The FTC is discussing online privacy issues this week. Data mining, cyber profiling and ad targeting are serious stuff, with far-reaching implications for our personal freedoms. Who do we have to thank for this potential savaging of our individual rights? Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google. How did I find him? I Googled, that’s how. Before the Google-DoubleClick deal becomes final, and the entire universe learns every detail of my life, including my predilection for Herb Alpert CDs and Dockers (often both on the same night), I’ve decided to give Sergey some food for thought by disclosing some of his personal tidbits gleaned via Google.

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