Google's Public Policy Blog launches today, moving Google's public policy towards transparency.

Recently, the increasing critics on Google's privacy policy, the pressure from EU forced Google to make a public statement that data will be reserved for 18 months; the copyright lawsuits from Viacom and other companies forced Google to develop video fingerprinting technology; meanwhile, some medias also reported on the lobbying activities adopted by Google. Up to now, the public policy of Google has been increasingly taking shape.