iTnews
  • Home
  • News
  • Technology
  • Software

EU backs Google privacy policy 'pause'

By Liam Tung on Feb 6, 2012 10:27AM
EU backs Google privacy policy 'pause'

Respect our laws, says Justice Commissioner.

The European Union's Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has backed calls for Google to delay its privacy overhaul until authorities can properly vet it.

Reding urged European data authorities to "ensure that EU law is fully complied with in Google's new privacy policy," she said in a statement on Friday to the International Herald Tribune.  

The commissioner's comments add weight to the EU's Data Protection Working Party call on Thursday for Google to "pause" (pdf) its March 1 privacy policy update until French data protection authority CNIL had assessed whether the policy respected EU citizens' information rights. 

Google's global privacy chief Peter Fleischer fired a reply to the EU data protection watchdog on Friday, pointing out that "at no stage did any EU regulator suggest that any sort of pause would be appropriate".   

"We briefed most of the members of the working party in the weeks leading up to our announcement. None of them expressed substantial concerns at the time, but of course we're happy to speak with any data protection authority that has questions," wrote Fleischer on the company's EU policy blog.

Google has said that delaying the new policy would "cause significant confusion" since it had already notified 350 million people of the upcoming changes. 

Fleischer reiterated Google's reply to members of US Congress this week that the policy changes were designed to remove policy-based restrictions on Google combining information from an account holder's Web History with You Tube. 

Got a news tip for our journalists? Share it with us anonymously here.
Copyright © iTnews.com.au . All rights reserved.
Tags:
cloudcovercommissionerfleischergooglehistoryjusticeprivacyredingsoftwarevivianewebyoutube

Partner Content

How to turn digital complexity into competitive advantage
Promoted Content How to turn digital complexity into competitive advantage
Accenture and Google Cloud team up to create a loveable, Australian-first, renewable energy product
Promoted Content Accenture and Google Cloud team up to create a loveable, Australian-first, renewable energy product
The Great Resignation has intensified insider security threats
Promoted Content The Great Resignation has intensified insider security threats
Why rethinking your CMS is crucial for customer retention
Promoted Content Why rethinking your CMS is crucial for customer retention

Sponsored Whitepapers

Free eBook: Digital Transformation 101 – for banks
Free eBook: Digital Transformation 101 – for banks
Why financial services need to tackle their Middle Office
Why financial services need to tackle their Middle Office
Learn: The latest way to transfer files between customers
Learn: The latest way to transfer files between customers
Extracting the value of data using Unified Observability
Extracting the value of data using Unified Observability
Planning before the breach: You can’t protect what you can’t see
Planning before the breach: You can’t protect what you can’t see

Events

  • Forrester Technology & Innovation Asia Pacific 2022
By Liam Tung
Feb 6 2012
10:27AM
0 Comments

Related Articles

  • Edtech vendors invaded student privacy: Human Rights Watch
  • Google rolling out age verification on YouTube, Play Store in Australia
  • Tabcorp takes to Google-made Flutter
  • Google faces lawsuits over location-tracking practices
Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Email A Friend

Most Read Articles

NSW Police dumps Bezos-backed Mark43 from core systems overhaul

NSW Police dumps Bezos-backed Mark43 from core systems overhaul

Australian court finds insurer not liable for ransomware clean-up costs

Australian court finds insurer not liable for ransomware clean-up costs

NBN Co proposes to axe CVC across all plans by mid-2026

NBN Co proposes to axe CVC across all plans by mid-2026

ADHA extends Accenture's My Health Record support deal for $100m

ADHA extends Accenture's My Health Record support deal for $100m

Digital Nation

Australia will lose 11 percent of jobs to automation by 2040: Forrester
Australia will lose 11 percent of jobs to automation by 2040: Forrester
COVER STORY: How KPMG, Mirvac and ASX use blockchain to build trust in the property sector
COVER STORY: How KPMG, Mirvac and ASX use blockchain to build trust in the property sector
Domino’s invests in observability for zero contact delivery
Domino’s invests in observability for zero contact delivery
Metaverses on the agenda for Dominello, Husic ministerial meeting
Metaverses on the agenda for Dominello, Husic ministerial meeting
Criteo to fork out $94.7m for consent breaches
Criteo to fork out $94.7m for consent breaches
All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in any form without prior authorisation.
Your use of this website constitutes acceptance of nextmedia's Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.