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EU Authorities To Demand Reversal of Google Privacy Policy

Posted by Unknown on from the legal-dept-hiring dept.

judgecorp writes "Google's privacy mechanism, which combines personal data from around 60 products, and gives users only one opportunity to opt out, was rolled out in March against requests from privacy regulators in Europe. Now they want the policy reversed, and user data from the different Google products, including Gmail, Search and YouTube, to be separated. The EU attack is lead by French regulator CNIL, which has historically taken a tough line on privacy matters."

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  1. Re:And I want a pony... by kenorland · · Score: -1, Troll

    Unlike America, European regulators take their privacy seriously.

    No, they don't. European regulators like to cause trouble to US companies, while European governments and many European companies get a free pass.

    You seem to be confusing "not captured by corporate interests" with "just another extortion racket."

    Are you kidding? European governments are completely captured by corporate interests. In this case, those corporate interests happen to hate Google.