Even before Google launched its new privacy policy earlier this month, consolidating separate privacy policies for more than 60 applications, legal issues had surfaced. Now, attorneys general from more than 31 States have accused Google of violating privacy laws because of complaints from users that they were finding ads are popping up on YouTube just after they did a search on Google Maps about the same subject. EU regulators told Google prior to the launch that the new privacy policy compromises the privacy of EU citizens and violates EU laws.
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Google's Privacy Policy Pitfalls
Posted by: Peter S. Vogel May 28, 2012 05:00 AMEven before Google launched its new privacy policy earlier this month, consolidating separate privacy policies for more than 60 applications, legal issues had surfaced. Now, attorneys general from more than 31 States have accused Google of violating privacy laws because of complaints from users that they were finding ads are popping up on YouTube just after they did a search on Google Maps about the same subject. EU regulators told Google prior to the launch that the new privacy policy compromises the privacy of EU citizens and violates EU laws.