Google Fixes Privacy Settings For Buzz; Too Late for White House Deputy CTO

One of the greatest complaints of Google Buzz is privacy problems, which the search-and-almost-everything-else giant hoped to address today. This change comes not just from the user backlash but probably also from the fact that Buzz was under investigation by the U.S. FTC (Federal Trade Commission) after members of Congress brought the social networking service to their attention. Unfortunately, these changes come too late for White House Deputy CTO Andrew McLaughlin, whose GMail contacts were exposed recently via Buzz, and whose Buzz account has now been deleted after a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request.