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- The EU Data Protection Law: What Your Company Can Do to Ensure a Smooth Transition
Following a three-year investigation, Google has finally agreed to change its privacy policy to comply with the Data Protection Act. In 2012, Google’s data privacy policies were questioned and criticized by European data protection commissioners as they resulted in “ungoverned” use of personal data without the clear consent of users. According to reports, commissioners told Google to give users a stronger and more detailed control over their data. An order to change its data privacy policy was passed in October 2013. Google has now agreed to make changes to its privacy policy and inform users about how it handles their data.
In a statement, the regulator says: “Google has now signed an undertaking committing to make further changes to their privacy policy to ensure it meets the requirements of the Data Protection Act and take steps to ensure that future changes to its privacy policy comply, including user testing”. The new regulations will be implemented by June 30 and further improvements will be take effect in the next two years.
The proposed EU data protection reform has reached a new and significant milestone. However, the changes could be quite alarming for some organizations with established practices that differ from the the new rules. Some rules will include the “right to be forgotten,” which was reinforced by a positive ruling in the second quarter of 2014 that allows users to request search engines to remove search results related to them. In addition, data controllers will be required to perform a balancing act against any competing rights to freedom of expression. In line with new EU data protection regulation that is set to be implemented this year, we’ve rounded up a set of guidelines to get your organization ready:
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