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Google services to provide clearer information in compliance with EU

Google services to provide clearer information in compliance with EU

Many of Google’s offerings will soon be updated to provide clear and accurate information in compliance with consumer protection laws in the EU. Announced by the European Commission on Thursday, the Alphabet-owned company has agreed to introduce changes to Google Store, Google Play Store, Google Hotels, and Google Flights following discussions with the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network (CPC) in 2021. “We see an increasing number of consumers turn to the internet to book their… Source link

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Google Enters Into Stipulated Agreement to Improve Legal Process Compliance Program | OPA

Google Enters Into Stipulated Agreement to Improve Legal Process Compliance Program | OPA

The Department of Justice today filed a stipulation and agreement resolving a dispute with Google over the loss of data responsive to a search warrant issued in 2016. Pursuant to the first-of-its-kind resolution, Google has agreed to reform and upgrade its legal process compliance program to ensure timely and complete responses to legal process such as subpoenas and search warrants, as required under the Stored Communications Act (SCA) and other applicable legal authorities. To monitor that… Source link

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Google’s Area 120 debuts Checks, an AI-powered privacy compliance solution for mobile apps – TechCrunch

Google’s Area 120 debuts Checks, an AI-powered privacy compliance solution for mobile apps – TechCrunch

A team at Google is today launching a new product for mobile app developers called Checks which leverages A.I. technology to identify possible privacy and compliance issues within apps, amid a rapidly changing regulatory and policy landscape. The freemium solution will be offered to both Android and iOS app developers of all sizes, who will be able to have their apps analyzed then receive a report with actionable insights about how to address the problems that are found. Checks was… Source link

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S.Korea seeks improved compliance plans from Apple, Google on app store law

S.Korea seeks improved compliance plans from Apple, Google on app store law

SEOUL, Feb 3 (Reuters) – South Korea’s telecommunications regulator wants better compliance plans from Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google before finalising rules for a law banning app store operators from forcing software developers to use their payments systems, officials said on Thursday. South Korea passed the law, an amendment to the Telecommunication Business Act, last year. The rules, due to be drawn up by March 15 and called the enforcement ordinance, will lay out what… Source link

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Apple, Google asked to turn in S.Korea compliance plans by mid-October

Apple, Google asked to turn in S.Korea compliance plans by mid-October

SEOUL, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Apple (AAPL.O) and Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google have been asked to turn in by mid-October compliance plans for a new South Korean law that bans major app store operators from forcing software developers to use their payment systems, a regulatory official said on Wednesday. Apple and Google did not have immediate comment. The Korea Communications Commission will soon be drawing up an enforcement ordinance that will accompany the amendment of the country’s… Source link

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Google chief compliance officer Andy Hinton left in March

Google chief compliance officer Andy Hinton left in March

Andy Hinton, former chief compliance officer for Google. Courtesy Andy Hinton Google‘s chief compliance officer for more than a decade, Andy Hinton, has departed the company, following a wave of executive departures that started in December. Hinton left the company in late March, he told CNBC in an interview. He’s becoming an advisor to a start-up called #NotMe, which claims to allow employees to make anonymous complaints about workplace issues, including the types of complaints Google has… Source link

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