Google ordered to change privacy policy

Google Privacy Policy U.K.The U.K. Information Commissioners Office on Thursday orderedto change its privacy policy to comply with U.K. data laws. The company , combining individual policies from its various products into one blanket policy. The change was meant to deliver a better and more simplified Google experience, however critics immediately blasted the company. The ICO said that Googles updated policy doesnt provide sufficient information to enable UK users of Googles services to understand how their data will be used across all of the companys products. Google must now change its policy and make it more informative for individual service users, failure to do so may result in formal enforcement action. The company has also come under fire from data protection officials in France and Spain, and . The ICOs press release follows below.

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Statement: 4 July 2013

An ICO spokesperson said:

We have today written to Google to confirm our findings relating to the update of the companys privacy policy. In our letter we confirm that its updated privacy policy raises serious questions about its compliance with the UK Data Protection Act.

In particular, we believe that the updated policy does not provide sufficient information to enable UK users of Googles services to understand how their data will be used across all of the companys products.

Google must now amend their privacy policy to make it more informative for individual service users. Failure to take the necessary action to improve the policies compliance with the Data Protection Act by 20 September will leave the company open to the possibility of formal enforcement action.

On backgroundThe Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has taken todays action after working with the other members of the Article 29 Working Party, made up of the other 27 data protection authorities from across Europe. Similar announcements have recently been made by several other data protection authorities, including those in France and Spain. We will continue to co-ordinate our efforts to ensure that peoples privacy rights are respected.

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