Tag Archives: Privacy Policy

Regulators in Google’s largest European markets are taking joint action to try and force the company to overhaul its privacy policy. more

European data protection agencies intend to take action against the US Internet giant Google after it failed to follow their orders to comply with EU privacy laws, a French agency said on Monday. more

Google Inc’s privacy practices are drawing heat after an Australian software developer said the company was providing him with personal information, including email addresses, of everyone who purchased his mobile app. more

Two privacy advocacy groups urged Facebook Inc on Monday to withdraw proposed changes to its terms of service that would allow the company to share user data with recently acquired photo-application Instagram, eliminate a user voting system and loosen email more

Google has four months to make its privacy policy comply with requests from European Union data protection watchdogs or start facing the possibility of disciplinary action at a national level. more

France’s data protection watchdog said it will likely wrap up the inquiry of Google’s new privacy policy, which it is conducting on behalf of European regulators, in September. more

Google will meet with France’s data protection watchdog next week to answer questions about its new user privacy policy as part of a Europe-wide investigation being led by the French regulator. more

Emboldened by their victory in quashing online piracy legislation, U.S. Internet companies are gearing up for a battle over whether consumers should be able to restrict efforts to gather personal data. more

Brazil’s Justice Ministry is pressing Google Inc for details about how it handles users’ personal information under its new privacy policy, potentially opening a new legal front for the company, already under fire from European regulators. more