IndustryCanadian Watchdog Wants Privacy Audit Of Google

Canadian Watchdog Wants Privacy Audit Of Google

Seems auditing Google's privacy policies and actions is becoming a popular demand these days, only months after the FTC required Google to submit to bi annual audits a privacy watchdog is demanding the same be done with Canada.

Seems auditing Google’s privacy policies and actions is becoming a popular demand these days, only months after the FTC required Google to submit to bi annual audits a privacy watchdog is demanding the same be done with Canada.

“Canada’s privacy commissioner has asked Google to undergo an independent, third-party audit of its policies after her office found the Internet giant’s lack of privacy programs led it to wrongly collect and hold confidential information of Canadians,” the Toronto Sun reported.

The problems in the US started with the leaking of information about Buzz users, while the Canadian issues stem from the collection of information during Google’s WiFi gathering of information for Google Maps and Places.

Google has started to delete the inadvertently collected personal data and all yet to be deleted information is secured and not accessible, the company stated.

Canada Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart said “Google appears to be well on the way to resolving serious shortcomings in the way in which it addresses privacy issues. However, given the significance of the problems we found during our investigation, we will continue to monitor how Google implements our recommendations.”

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Google has had issues from other countries – especially in Europe – and the vehicles grabbing the information have meet with various protests and amusing confrontations.

“As many as 30 countries world wide are considering prosecution of Google for its collection of data from unsecured hotspots while gathering information for its Street View project, according to the Age. The United States, many countries in Europe and Asia Pacific are among those now looking at Google’s actions,” I wrote last year.

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