The ICO has required Google to sign a formal undertaking to improve the information it provides to people about how it collects personal data in the UK after concerns were raised around changes to the company’s privacy policy.
The ICO found that the search engine was too vague when describing how it uses personal data gathered from its web services and products.
Google introduced a new privacy policy in March 2012 combining around 70 existing policies for various services, but the ICO ruled that the new policy did not include sufficient information for service users as to how and why their personal data was being collected.
Google has now signed an undertaking committing to make further changes to the privacy policy to ensure it meets the requirements of the Data Protection Act and to take steps to ensure that future changes to its privacy policy comply, including user testing.
Whilst conducting its own investigation, the ICO has worked with other European Data Protection Authorities, as part of the Article 29 working party.
via ico.org.uk
Ma i garanti ci hanno messo quasi 3 anni per accorgersi che era cambiata e che non andava bene?
Oppure ci vogliono 3 anni per analizzare il problema e stabilre che google deve cambiare? E quanti altri anni di tempo ha Google per adeguarla?
E poi sinceramente la cosa più strana non mi sembra tanto il contenuto della nuova privacy policy (sappiamo in quanti la leggono), ma il fatto che si sia trasferito "d'ufficio" il consenso rilasciato ad uno qualunque dei 70 servizi google verso una privacy policy molto più ampia.
Scritto da: Stefano Bagnara | 30/01/2015 a 15:41