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You can trust Google to spy on you
By Ed Oswald
2012-03-01
Google's new privacy policy takes effect today, March 1. There are significant changes on how your data is handled across the Google family of sites, and that's enough to raise the concern of privacy regulators in both the European Union and Japan.
Their concern should be yours, too. Who's that looking over your shoulder online? Google.
EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding told BBC Radio Four Thursday that the new privacy policy violates EU law. In the interview, Reding says the policy breaks the law in "numerous respects" and accuses the company of making it easier to hand over user data to third parties.
Japan warns Google that the methods the company chooses to store and use consumer's data likely runs afoul of that country's own privacy laws. The Tokyo Times says the Japanese government is directing Google to "prepare clear explanations of the new rules and be ready to answer promptly user questions".
They're Not the Only Ones
These are only the latest in a string of governments and privacy advocates calling on Google to more clearly explain its position: last month, South Korea says the way Google combines user data to be used across all its services violates the country's laws. Google has also found itself defending its moves to the US Congress.
We expect the EU to be the toughest nut to - Read our board rules -, but this time the pushback is coming from elsewhere. Is this reason to worry? I say yes, because I'm finding issues with Google's new policy that should concern all of us. Here's what you need to know.
More details about at:
http://betanews.com/...-to-spy-on-you/
By Ed Oswald
2012-03-01
Google's new privacy policy takes effect today, March 1. There are significant changes on how your data is handled across the Google family of sites, and that's enough to raise the concern of privacy regulators in both the European Union and Japan.
Their concern should be yours, too. Who's that looking over your shoulder online? Google.
EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding told BBC Radio Four Thursday that the new privacy policy violates EU law. In the interview, Reding says the policy breaks the law in "numerous respects" and accuses the company of making it easier to hand over user data to third parties.
Japan warns Google that the methods the company chooses to store and use consumer's data likely runs afoul of that country's own privacy laws. The Tokyo Times says the Japanese government is directing Google to "prepare clear explanations of the new rules and be ready to answer promptly user questions".
They're Not the Only Ones
These are only the latest in a string of governments and privacy advocates calling on Google to more clearly explain its position: last month, South Korea says the way Google combines user data to be used across all its services violates the country's laws. Google has also found itself defending its moves to the US Congress.
We expect the EU to be the toughest nut to - Read our board rules -, but this time the pushback is coming from elsewhere. Is this reason to worry? I say yes, because I'm finding issues with Google's new policy that should concern all of us. Here's what you need to know.
More details about at:
http://betanews.com/...-to-spy-on-you/
