Techno File - Google gives in
Published Date:
15 September 2008
GOOGLE will make search engine data anonymous after nine months instead of 18 months following pressure from EU and US privacy activists and regulators. The company also said that EU law does not apply to crucial parts of its data-processing operations.
Google, which has come under fire for the volume of information it gathers and keeps on users, has published a detailed response to the criticisms of its policies by EU privacy regulators' group the Article 29 Working Party .
The company argues th...
The full article contains 754 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
14 September 2008 7:01 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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