In a letter to the French privacy watch dog has Google new privacy policy defended. The search giant is disappointed in the European privacy authorities, which, without with Google to have spoken to the media to look up.
The letter to the French privacy watch dog CNIL follows a request for information from that organization, on behalf of the 27 privacy-organizations in the European Union. Google explains in the letter that the new privacy policy, among other things, ensures that the company’s user data from multiple services collects, can combine to show relevant ads. According to Google, is that something that other large technology companies do.
The company says not to be able to show how many people have complained about its new privacy policy, but mentions that the number of ‘small’. It also says not able to indicate how many users Googles privacy information after the announcement of the new policy have requested. This is remarkable, since Google nota bene a private statistiekendienst offers.
It is unclear how long Google information exactly save. In the letter gives the company that when a user wants to delete, this is in line with the backup guidelines ” is deleted. How long it takes before information of users from backups is removed, however, is unclear.
In the letter complains Google further about the behavior of the privacywaakhonden. According to Google before the new policy was announced, the various watchdogs will be informed; none of them asked Google when to introduction. After Google, the new policy announced, this was what happened, however. According to Google, it would at that time be confusing to introduce to.
It also says the search giant disappointed in some privacywaakhonden, that is publicly on the Google privacy policy found without with the company about to have spoken. On the organisations which Google refers is unclear. Different privacy authorities suggested that the new privacy policy would be unlawful. Compared to Reuters, said the head of the Dutch data protection authority, Jacob Kohnstamm, Google’s possible penalties can be expected as a result of the policy.