Google: sous surveillance pour 20 ans!

Protection des renseignements personnels.

"The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday finalized a landmark settlement with Google in which the company has agreed to be audited for its privacy practices for the next 20 years.

The commission has said that this is the first time that it has required any company to formally implement a comprehensive privacy program to protect individuals’ personal information.

The FTC commissioners voted to approve the settlement 4-0, after the period for public comment ended. The proposed settlement was announced in March.

The FTC case was prompted by the now-defunct Google Buzz social networking service. Google tried to tack Buzz onto Gmail users’ e-mail accounts, enabling them to provide status updates and to share photos and videos, but it created an uproar when it made users’ Gmail contacts public by default.

The commission charged that Google engaged in unfair and deceptive practices in 2010 when it launched Google Buzz by leading users of its Gmail system to believe that they could easily opt-out of the social network. The controls that would enable them to do that were ineffective, the FTC charged at the time.

Also the tools that Google created to enable users to limit the sharing of users’ personal information were confusing and difficult to find, the agency alleged."

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