According to Reuters, Google was given formal privacy recommendations this week in response to its consolidated privacy policy, which allows Google to combine data it captures across its various services. Europe has long objected to Google’s unified privacy policy because regulators contend it’s too vague and gives Google too much discretion over use of personal data.
Google was presented with a draft of these guidelines in July. Google maintains its consolidated privacy policy complies with European law and has repeatedly declined to make changes in response to individual European…