Google updated its privacy policy and terms of service across all of its products and services on March 1st, 2012. The company launched a massive campaign to spread the word about the changes. Since the announcement, the company has faced scrutiny and criticism, including some questions from members of the US Congress and foreign powers. You can find the whole story here as it continues to develop.
Feb 9, 2014, 12:45 AM UTCAdi Robertson
Google France forced to notify visitors of €150,000 privacy policy fine
Nov 29, 2013, 2:18 AM UTCAdi Robertson
Dutch data protection agency says Google is violating privacy laws
Sep 27, 2013, 9:43 PM UTCDante D'Orazio
French regulator moves forward with sanctions after Google refuses to alter privacy policy
Jul 6, 2013, 8:04 AM UTCDieter Bohn
UK and Germany join France in demanding Google rewrite its privacy policy
Jun 20, 2013, 9:44 AM UTCAmar Toor
France orders Google to change its privacy policy as UK and others consider similar action
Data protection watchdog threatens search giant with fines as year-long saga continues
Apr 2, 2013, 11:53 AM UTCAaron Souppouris
Google braces for fines in Europe over privacy policy
The UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands are all launching investigations
Apr 1, 2013, 9:19 PM UTCCarl Franzen
Google's privacy director departs after years of controversial practices and legal trouble
Feb 18, 2013, 10:12 PM UTCT.C. Sottek
Google will face further scrutiny from EU regulators over 2012 privacy policy changes
Apr 25, 2012, 3:09 PM UTCNilay Patel
Is Google Drive worse for privacy than iCloud, Skydrive, and Dropbox?
All web services should be subject to harsh scrutiny of their privacy policies, but a close and careful reading reveals that Google's terms are pretty much the same as anyone else's, and slightly better in some cases.
Apr 5, 2012, 10:22 PM UTCBryan Bishop
Google responds to EU privacy policy questions, pausing rollout would have 'proved confusing'
Google has responded to concerns from European regulators on its new privacy policy, answering 24 of the 69 questions posed to it by France's National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties, while defending its decision to go ahead with the changes while questions of legality still remained.
Mar 1, 2012, 6:09 PM UTCAndrew Webster
EU claims new Google privacy policy breaks European law
The EU has stated the Google's new privacy policy breaches European law.
Mar 1, 2012, 2:18 PM UTCJeff Blagdon
Google's controversial new privacy policy now in effect
Google's new privacy policy goes into effect today. The new policy allows Google to combine personal information from one of its services with information from its other services.
Feb 29, 2012, 8:49 AM UTCRyan Heise
Google's new privacy policy under fire from EU investigators
The EU and France's National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties (CNIL) have requested that Google delay the launch of its new privacy policy. There are concerns over whether the new policy breaks European Union privacy laws.
Feb 28, 2012, 3:36 PM UTCJeff Blagdon
A 'brutal choice': The FTC's chairman discusses Google's new privacy policy
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz characterized Google's new privacy policy as "a fairly binary and somewhat brutal choice they're giving consumers" during an appearance on C-SPAN's Newsmakers on Sunday.
Feb 23, 2012, 5:40 PM UTCAdi Robertson
US attorneys general express concerns over Google's privacy policy
36 US attorneys general have signed a letter asking Google CEO Larry Page to respond to concerns about his company's new privacy policy.
Feb 3, 2012, 1:51 PM UTCNathan Ingraham
European regulators calling on Google to halt changes to its privacy policy
Add the European Union to the list of those taking issue with Google's new privacy policy: Reuters is reporting that the EU wants Google to delay the implementation of its new privacy policy so it can investigate whether users' data is sufficiently protected under the new rules.
Feb 2, 2012, 3:30 PM UTCTom Warren
Microsoft makes its 'Gmail Man' video official in privacy fight against Google
Microsoft makes its "Gmail Man" video parody official in its competition with Google.
Feb 1, 2012, 10:01 PM UTCNathan Ingraham
Google debunks Microsoft's claims about its new privacy policies
Google has posted a long rebuttal of many claims about its privacy policy that have surfaced, with a special focus on Microsoft's recent attacks.
Feb 1, 2012, 8:43 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Google strikes back against privacy policy fears with new ads
Google has launched a new ad campaign directly addressing fears over its upcoming privacy policy change.
Feb 1, 2012, 12:09 PM UTCTom Warren
Microsoft exploits Google privacy concerns in newspaper ads
Microsoft uses traditional newspaper adverts to exploit recent concern over Google's privacy policy changes.
Jan 31, 2012, 5:23 PM UTCJamie Keene
Google clarifies that its new privacy policy won't change users' privacy settings
Google has been forced to clarify its new privacy policy in light of consumer concerns
Jan 27, 2012, 12:56 AM UTCJoseph Parish
Google's new data-sharing privacy policy comes under scrutiny
Google's new simplified privacy policy that allows data-sharing across all the company's services has come under fire from Congress and the public. The government wants to know if users can opt out, and if teenagers and children will receive special protection. The search giant has responded with various statements.
Jan 24, 2012, 10:47 PM UTCDante D'Orazio
Google to streamline privacy policies and terms of service across all services on March 1st
Google has just announced that it'll be updating its privacy policy and terms of service across all of its products and services on March 1st. The company says that it has made the changes in order to simplify its legal documents and to help if offer better services that integrate with each other better.
