Europe: Google et la vie privée

En date du 2 février, le Groupe de l'article 29 a fait parvenir, à Larry Page, directeur de Google, une lettre invitant la société à retarder l'entrée en vigueur de sa nouvelle politique de confidentialité.

"Dear Mr. Page, 
On behalf of the Article 29 Working Party I would like to inform you that we are aware of the upcoming change in your privacy policy.
Given the wide range of services you offer, and popularity of these services, changes in your privacy policy may affect many citizens in most or all of the EU member states.
We wish to check the possible consequences for the protection of the personal data of these citizens in a coordinated procedure. We have therefore asked the French data protection authority, the CNIL, to take the lead. The CNIL has kindly accepted this task and will be your point of contact for the data protection authorities in the EU.
In light of the above, we call for a pause in the interests of ensuring that there can be no misunderstanding about Google's commitments to information rights of their users and EU citizens, until we have completed our analysis.
Yours sincerely,
Jacob Kohnstamm
Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party" 

(Source: Lettre 02-02-2012)

Google a présenté sa nouvelle politique le 24 janvier dernier et, cette dernière doit en principe entrer en vigueur le 1er mars prochain. À suivre donc.

• ARTICLE 29 DATA PROTECTION WORKING PARTY, Letter to Google,  Ref. Ares(2012)123126-02/02/2012, February 2, 2012.  
• "Updating our privacy policies and terms of service", The Official Google Blog, January 24, 2012.  
• "Google Policy Change Triggers EU Privacy Revolt", Electronic Privacy Information Center, February 3, 2012.
• "Google annonce une grande révision de sa politique de confidentialité", Le Monde, 25 janvier 2012. 
• "Vie privée : les régulateurs demandent à Google d'attendre pour changer sa politique", Le Monde, 3 février 2012.  
• Zak WHITTAKER, "Europe calls on Google to put privacy policy changes on ice", ZDNet, February 3, 2012. 
• James KANTER, "E.U. Presses Google to Delay Privacy Policy Changes", New York Times, February 3, 2012.