My heart bleeds. If you've ever tried to remove or alter one's personal information in IMDB (I am aware that this article references a blog operated by IMDB rather than the IMDB itself), all you get is a boilerplate non-response, even as a paid subscriber to the pro version. A company which declines to allow its users any control over the privacy of their information has no business whining about being fobbed off by Google.
The blog isn't run by IMDB, it's just syndicated there along with dozens of other news sources (including tvguide.com, People Magazine, and Huffinton Post): http://www.imdb.com/news/