1 November, 2006 - 5:20pm

I just read that following Jotspot's acquisition by Google, they sent an email out to customers offering to not transfer their data over to Google if so desired, and offered to help them export it if they want. Otherwise, the data, which in an application wiki like Jotspot could be anything from a collaboratively edited family site to a small business's internal communication hub, would be sent to Google. They stated, "Your data is yours — that doesn't change at Google... we want to provide you with the opportunity to retrieve your user information and cease usage of the JotSpot service before the transition." Kudos to both companies for providing this type of proactive privacy protection!