The internet 'needs a delete button', says Google CEO Schmidt

Charlee Gothard
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'Let me be very clear that Google is not tracking you...it's not doing all these things,' says Schmidt

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said that the "lack of a delete button on the internet is...

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