Reuters reported midday yesterday that Maureen Govern, “who oversaw the division responsible for accidentally releasing search data for more than a half a millions users, has resigned from the company.” C|Net adds that two additional employees have been fired.

This came on the same day that found the New York Times editorializing that the “Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a complaint against AOL, arguing that the recent well-publicized release of search data from 600,000 AOL customers was a deceptive trade practice. The F.T.C. should uphold the complaint, and send a clear message that invasions of privacy of this sort will be punished.”

Will Govern’s sudden inability to govern as CTO and the dismissal of a duo of researchers quiet the angry mob staked out in front of the AOL castle with flaming torches, or are these just the first three of many heads to roll?

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 at 6:00 am and is filed under Internet Stuff.