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EU Gives Google Privacy Policy Suggestions About Data Protection
itwbennett writes In a letter to Google (PDF) that was published Thursday, the Article 29 Working Party, an umbrella group for European data protection authorities, said Google's privacy policy, in addition to being clear and unambiguous, should also include an exhaustive list of the types of personal data processed. But if all that information is overwhelming to users, Google should personalize the privacy policy to show users only the data processing it is performing on their data.
Until ads that randomly play sound are removed!
Slashdot has started adding these ads that randomly play very loud sound. It violates sensible netiquette. Accidentally leaving a slashdot window open causes your computer to make a noise randomly at night, in a meeting, etc.
Unfortunately, this isn't going to change until it affects their revenue. Boycott slashdot until these ads are gone!!
The "right to be forgotten" was bad enough, but the moving target anti-trust, and now this?
The EU citizens will continue to sit on their hands until inspired to take action. They need to confront the tech-incompetent and xenophobic "authorities" they have in place now. Google should shut down their EU servers (Gmail, Maps, Translate, Music, etc) for one month, without disclosing the duration...maybe then the lazy EU citizens will start to see what kind of world their governments are creating.