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(Gray News) – Google is telling its employees they can work from home until about this time next year. CNN Business obtained an employee memo that outlines the plan. “To give employees the ability to plan ahead, we’ll be extending our global voluntary work from home option through June 30, 2021, for roles that don’t need to be in the office,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote. “I hope this will offer the flexibility you need to balance work with taking care of yourselves and your loved… Source link

SAN FRANCISCO—Google will keep its employees home until at least next July, making the search-engine giant the first major U.S. corporation to formalize such an extended timetable in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The move will affect nearly all of the roughly 200,000 full-time and contract employees across Google parent Alphabet Inc., and is sure to pressure other technology giants that have slated staff to return as soon as January. … Source link

Google plans to keep 200,000 full-time and contract employees working remotely until at least July 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported. Other tech firms have announced long-term plans to keep employees working from home due to restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic, but Google would be the first to extend remote working into the middle of next year. According to the WSJ, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, made the call last week following a meeting with top… Source link

Google employees will work from home at least until next July due to the coronavirus pandemic, a decision that makes the search engine company the first major U.S. corporation to commit to the year-long stay-at-home plan. According to a report in today’s Wall Street Journal, Google’s plan affects nearly all of the company’s 200,000 full-time and contract employees across Google parent Alphabet Inc. WaPo describes Google’s decision as among the “cautious camp of companies”… Source link

Google is asking employees to continue working from home until summer 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal’s Rob Copeland.  People familiar with the matter told the Journal that Google would announce as early as Monday that it had pushed its return-to-office date back to July 2021 for nearly all of its 200,000 employees.  The Journal reports that Google CEO Sundar Pichai made the decision to push back the reopening after there was debate among a group of top… Source link

FOX Business’ Hillary Vaughn reports on the Justice Department’s expected antitrust lawsuit targeting big tech this summer. Then, Cresset Wealth Management’s Jack Ablin weighs in on how potentially breaking up big tech would affect markets. CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s consumer watchdog launched court action against Google on Monday alleging the technology giant misled account holders about its use of their personal data. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s… Source link

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s consumer watchdog has launched court action against Google alleging the technology giant misled account holders about its use of their personal data. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleges the California-based company misled millions of Australians to obtain their consent and expand the scope of personal information that Google collects about users’ internet… Source link

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s consumer watchdog launched court action against Google on Monday alleging the technology giant misled account holders about its use of their personal data. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s action in the Federal Court is the latest litigation Google has faced around the world over allegations of privacy breaches. The commission alleges the California-based company misled millions of Australians to obtain their consent and expand the… Source link

Technology giant Google is being taken to court for allegedly misleading consumers to give away a lot more personal information than they had expected. Key points: Google says its notifications were “easy-to-understand” and optional ACCC claims users were misled into letting the tech giant monitor their “non-Google” web browsing The case will be argued before the Federal Court Aside from tracking people’s online activity on its search engine and platforms, Google also monitors users’ internet… Source link

The competition watchdog is taking tech giant Google to court for allegedly misleading millions of Australians into sharing more of their private data that Google then attempted to profit from, including for targeted advertising. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is alleging that Google failed to properly inform consumers or obtain written consent about combining personal information on users’ Google accounts with their activities on non-Google sites in 2016. The move… Source link