European Union requires Google to change security policy regarding user data

The European Union has long been showing dissatisfaction with Google’s security policies. But the official requirements for a change in the security policy of the “Corporation of Good”, with all that it implies, began to be advanced not so long ago. The fact is that since March of this year, the corporation has decided to unite 60 separate security policies into a single whole. This solution allowed the company to transfer user data from one of its services to another. For example, from YouTube on Google+, from Google+ on Gmail, etc. But the EU does not have a clear understanding of how the company uses user data.

The other day, one of the main EU regulators, French CNIL, has firmly stated that it is necessary to change Google’s security policy with respect to user data, not only once, but for several months. In addition to CNIL, regulators from other countries also expressed dissatisfaction with Google’s current security policy regarding user data.
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CNIL even promised to launch a major investigation if the corporation does not take any steps to remedy the situation. Needless to say, the corporation declared that it considers its own security policy transparent. The company also announced its intention to carefully examine the claims of CNIL, filed officially. By the way, CNIL acts not only in the interests of France, this organization works on behalf of the 27 EU members.

The main complaint of the EU representatives is the impossibility for the user to limit the collection of personal data by the corporation. In addition, users do not have information on how Google uses the collected data. Such data means all personal information provided by the user, from search queries to credit card numbers.

Via bbc