Despite Google giving assurances over its privacy policy changes, I’ve heard the U.S. Government isn’t as satisfied as Google thought it might be.
A federal agency called SafeGov isn’t satisfied that Google’s cloud service is completely secure. SafeGov also disputes the claim that government workers won’t be affected by the policy changes.
For those of you who haven’t a clue what this is all about, it seems Google decided to change a number of its conditions regarding privacy and security. I think this may have come about because of the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) decision not to transfer its email service over to Google because of security fears. Google did try to reassure the LAPD but to no avail.
Now it seems the new policy is being challenged.
Google, however, is adamant that there are no security issues. A spokesperson for the search engine giant told pcworld.com “As always, Google will maintain our enterprise customers’ data in compliance with the confidentiality and security obligations provided to their domain.
“The new Privacy Policy does not change our contractual agreements, which have always superseded Google’s privacy policy for enterprise customers.”
However, this hasn’t satisfied SafeGov expert Jeff Gould who said that Google’s assurances don’t seem to connect with what they published on their website. He said “If you read the fine print in their contract, it says the opposite of what they say.
This issue is really about the relationship between Google and those using Google Apps for business or education.
As far as individuals like me are concerned, I don’t think there is a problem.
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