Google’s privacy policy to take effect March 1 despite warningsMarch 1, 2012 - 14:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Internet giant Google has gone ahead with its new privacy policy despite warnings from the EU that it might violate European law, BBC reports. The change means private data collected by one Google service can be shared with its other platforms including YouTube, Gmail and Blogger. Google said the new set-up would enable it to tailor search results better. But data regulators in France have cast doubt on the legality of the move and launched a Europe-wide investigation. Google has merged 60 guidelines for its individual sites into a single policy for all of its services. France's privacy watchdog CNIL wrote to Google earlier this week, urging a "pause" in rolling out the revised policy. "The CNIL and EU data authorities are deeply concerned about the combination of personal data across services," the regulator wrote. "They have strong doubts about the lawfulness and fairness of such processing, and its compliance with European data protection legislation." In response, Google's global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer said he was happy to answer any concerns CNIL had. "As we've said several times over the past week, while our privacy policies will change on March 1, our commitment to our privacy principles is as strong as ever," Fleischer wrote in a blog post. The company rejected the regulator's request to hold off on making the changes. Users are being moved on to the new single policy shortly after midnight on March 1, local time. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |