A group of European regulators has written to Google, asking it to suspend the introduction of its new privacy policy to ensure that it does not breach European data protection laws.
The search giant sparked controversy in January after it said it was to change its privacy policies, by consolidating its services’ policies into one single policy across all of its sites, including Google+, Gmail and YouTube.
The regulators — the Article 29 Working Party — is made up of data protection representatives from each of the 27 member EU states, and is responsible for advising member states on data protection matters, and making recommendations to maintain the law.
The letter was addressed to Google chief executive Larry Page. To read the letter click here [PDF]
It was not disclosed by Article 29 Working Party if they also sent a letter to Twitter which has also changed their policies to include selective censorship rules.
For more: Europe calls on Google to put privacy policy changes on ice | ZDNet
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