Google privacy row: what does Google know about you?

Regulators say Google's privacy policy is too vague and raises 'deep concerns about data protection'

Google has been urged to change its privacy policy amid concerns over the way it gathers, protects and uses information about users. European data regulators fear the internet giant could have breached Europe's privacy rules.

Regulators stopped short of accusing Google of acting illegally, but have expressed concerns that the unified privacy policy provides customers with "incomplete and approximate" details which raise "deep concerns about data protection and the respect of the European law".

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