Google has been implanting brand new policies right from its inception but this is the first time that they happened to bring out such a controversial policy. It all depends on how you look at the entire matter. Your perspective of Google’s new policy would determine for whether it is truly beneficial or not. Though, many advocates and bloggers have objected to the ideas of the new policy such as online sharing of data, combining all profiles as one, etc. It is solely upon you to decide how the change in the policy by Google would be affecting you.
Data Breaching, According to EU
The EU has declared that the policies set by Google are extremely difficult even for the trained and professionals in the field. Concerns regarding the issue were sent to the CEO of Google who said that pausing it’s privacy settings to enforce a new one would cause confusion. When they did finally come up with the changes, it confused its users who had to scramble to save their private data from Google.
Mergence of the multiple accounts into one
Google’s new privacy policy is undoubtedly one of the most controversial policies which they have created till date.The most astounding part of the entire story is that Google will be tracking all your accounts as one. If you have or if you are planning to create different accounts on the net just to stay anonymous to everyone, it will be all in vain. It will attach one single profile to all its services. The French agency which has been in charge of the investigation of this matter, stated that the explanation which was given by Google was extremely vague and it was even quite difficult for the high skilled professionals to crack the whole matter.
Sharing all details of online activity
Google claims that their new policy which has been launched, is a ‘one-size-fits-all type’ of a policy. This would enable Google to share private data in between its services. The Giant Search Engine says that this is necessary for them in order to use the information which is being harvested from the Google searches to hunt down more advertisers. But in this way, all the personal data of the users are being shared online without any proper approval from the user himself. This might be offensive to the user as he may not like it.
Tailoring user’s search experience
CNIL (French regulator) has revealed that the new policy violates all the barriers and prohibitions in the European laws. Google on the other hand has denied all the allegations saying that the policy has “User’s benefit” as its primary concern. Google says that this new privacy policy will make things easier and faster for them. Suggestion of search queries or tailoring of search results are a few ways by which Google intends to make things easier for its users. The Commission, however, has called upon the data protection authorities of Europe in order to handle this case of Google with proficiency.
Personal data and information collection
When you go on to create an account in Google, you have to fill your name, phone number, address, details and many other factors. This can be avoided, if you are not willing to display your account publicly on the net. You could delete all of the information for your own privacy on the net. If you are willing to hide all the information and make your profile a bit more private then this is the best thing you could do. This is practically a very safe and easy option because it will take a few minutes to complete the entire process. But some may prefer to share their data online without any hesitation as well.
