Privacy groups are accusing Google of violating California law in its reluctance to provide a direct link to its privacy policy on its homepage

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7434558.stm

The referenced NYT blog is probably this one:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/is-google-violating-a-california-privacy-law/index.html

Also a breakdown of some search engine entry pages and SERPs and their Privacy links here:

http://michaelzimmer.org/2008/05/27/comparing-search-engine-privacy-policy-visibility/