European Union Pushes for Changes to Google's Privacy Policy

European Data Protection authorities have advised Google that its privacy policy that came into force on March 1 falls short of meeting the EU's strict privacy protections. The EU is advising Google to give users clearer information on how it compiles and uses personal data and to offer users more control over the process.

European Data Protection authorities have advised Google that its privacy policy that came into force on March 1 falls short of meeting the EU’s strict privacy protections. The EU is advising Google to give users clearer information on how it compiles and uses personal data and to offer users more control over the process.

The new privacy policy advised users that Google would combine data collected from multiple services. The European investigation, led by the French Data Protection Authority, found that Google’s “combination of data is extremely broad in terms of scope and age of the data.”

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