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Google Avoids Fine In UK But Will Change Its Privacy Policies

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-another-day dept.

DW100 (2227906) writes Google has avoided a fine from UK data regulators for its privacy policies that were introduced in 2012. While French and Spanish regulators issued fines of €150,000 and €900,000 respectively, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) appears happy to simply ask Google to change the wording of its policies and make them clearer to users so that they can understand more clearly how their data is being gathered and used by the search giant.

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  1. Could have been worse by l2718 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    People are shocked, shocked! to discover that the email service that makes money by showing them targeted ads based on their messages examines the content of the messages for this purpose.

    I mean, come on: nobody was forced to sign up for gmail.