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Privacy International, a London-based privacy watchdog group, has issued a report citing Google’s privacy practices as the worst among large online destinations.

None of the sites reviewed scored a “privacy friendly” ranking. Several were labeled “privacy aware” but needing improvements or generally aware but with “notable lapses.” Sites like AOL, Facebook, Yahoo, and Microsoft Windows Live Spaces were labeled a “substantial threat.” But Google was the worst offender of the bunch, according to the report, getting the only “hostile to privacy” label of the group.

The report didn’t center on Google, but called out several players for their records on privacy:

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