The Article 29 Working Party, in which European privacywaakhonden are connected, Google has asked its new privacy policy not to implement. According to the organization, the effects of the policy are examined.
Google is planning to make its new privacy policy on 1 march, but as the Article 29 Working Party, is that still delayed for a moment. The European privacy organization, in which all European data protection authorities are connected, that the policy is investigated until it is clear what the consequences are for European internet users. That reports Reuters. Google is, however, not planning the introduction, writes Bloomberg.
The new Google privacy policy has the consequence that there is no separate privacy policy for all Google services; these are for a large part be merged. However, this also means that Google has information about users is wider can bet and information from different services is combined.
The browsing habits of a user can thereby be taken into account in the visits of YouTube. For those in search of cupcakes, on YouTube videos about cupcakes featured. This pooling of information, however, has also resulted in Google a lot more about its customers will know and that knowledge can use it with the display of targeted ads. Also, there is no opt-out; the terms must be accepted to some Google services to be able to use.
In a response, Google that users will not be forced to accept the conditions: many services, such as YouTube and Maps, can be used without being logged in. However, in that case, still information will be collected, though it may be not a person to be linked. Google stresses, further, that nothing changes to the visibility data of Google users, for others, and that a major campaign has been set up to users on the new terms and conditions.
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The European privacywaakhonden suggest that the changes have many consequences for European citizens, because many of them are Google services. Therefore, they will find a research need. The French privacy-organisation Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, the research will lead. A spokesman for Google told Reuters that the European privacyvorsers in advance, be informed of the changes, but that none of them as ‘substantial’ concerns expressed.
The U.s. Congress has also focused on the privacy terms of Google. Thursday was behind closed doors, a session took place where Google’s new privacy policy was to defend. It is still unknown whether there is a formal investigation into the new policy.
Also the board for the protection of personal data is connected with the Article 29 Working Party. The CBP forced last year to an opt-out option when collecting wi-fi data for location determination. By “_nomap” to the ssid, add, prevents a routerbezitter that this is indexed by Google.