Google to close German Gmail

SEARCH ENGINE outfit Google is set to close its Gmail operation in Germany over a spat about privacy.

According to Spiegel, Google has chucked its toys from its pram over the German Bundestag's new Internet surveillance law.

Peter Fleischer, Google's German privacy representative says the new law is a severe blow against privacy.

He said that it would stop Google's practice of also offering anonymous e-mail accounts.

Under the law from 2008, any connection data concerning the internet, phone calls, SMS etc. of any German citizen will be saved for six months and anonymising services will be banned.

More here, if you speak German. here Here if you don't. µ