In a remarkable push for secrecy, Google has asked a federal judge to delete portions of a transcript of a court hearing -- even though the proceeding was held in public and attended by members of the media.

The government's ability to snoop on consumers poses very different policy issues than ad companies' use of data for marketing purposes. So say the Interactive Advertising Bureau and Association of National Advertisers, both of which filed comments this week with the Office of Science and Technology Policy.