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                    EU Rebukes Google on Its Privacy Policy

   by VOA News

   Data protection agencies in Europe have concluded that Google's new
   privacy policy does not comply with the continent's laws, but the
   Internet search giant immediately rejected the claim.
   U.S.-based Google adopted the policy in March, allowing the company to
   track users across its various offerings, so it could target specific
   advertising at them depending on what sites they looked at. Aside from
   Internet searches, Google is tracking use of the video site YouTube,
   the social network Google-plus and the Android smartphone system.
   The European privacy agencies told Google it is not providing users
   enough information about the information it is tracking. The head of
   the French data agency, Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, said people using
   Google products are worried about what the company is tracking.
   "Google, as any company, wants to have more space to develop new
   services so the new policy is very general and rather global in order
   to allow Google more freedom, and this is not to be criticized. But on
   the other hand, as Google is a key player in the online world, it has
   responsibilities," said Falque-Pierrotin. So it needs to give
   guarantees to its customers. And these customers are sometimes a bit
   afraid of what is done with their data. And especially the consumer
   wants to master the use of their data.''
   She said Google has three or four months to change its policies or
   Europe would pursue legal action against it.
   Google said it is committed to protecting users' data and is confident
   that its policies "respect European law."
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