whitenight - 1:21 am on Dec 6, 2007 (gmt 0)

Please stop muddying the issue. Goog does enough of that on their own

full disclosure on PR

I didn't ask for full disclosure of PR.
I asked for full disclosure of TBPR
which has nothing to do with anything except for the "millions of average users"
that MC continually claims use it for "some" purpose.
And yes, there are laws in place for that. (See my debate with Adam L.)

algo details,

Where did you read where I wrote that?!

There's a huge gap between intermittent "proclamations" on blogs and individual "SEO" sites and spelling out their entire algo.

Hi! meet the ongoing -950 penalty of "white hat" sites.
Colateral damage (aka "civilian casualties") without explanations does not gain one the "Merit Badge for Good Global Company"

And what globally accepted laws and rules are those, exactly?

Please see my earlier post.
Feel free to address those above privacy issues, and then we can talk.