Why would a company choose to trust Google?

https[://]arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/google-workspace-will-re-enable-tracking-for-many-users-today/

“Many confusing changes are happening. First, administrators will no longer have organization-wide control over privacy settings. It will now be up to each user in an organization to hunt down and change the settings themselves. Google will not honor your previous privacy settings when it moves the controls—organizations that previously opted out of tracking will be opted back in to some tracking, and every user will now need to opt out individually.

Considering the number of investigations into the company, what the hell are they thinking? Timing is everything.

Conversation 7 comments

  • jchampeau

    Premium Member
    05 April, 2022 - 9:18 am

    <p>I don’t think companies or individuals consciously choose to trust Google. They willingly, or in some cases unknowingly, accept Google’s business practices in order to use their products. With respect to "what the hell they are thinking," Google is a company that exists to generate returns for its shareholders. What they’re thinking is likely that this will generate more advertising revenue.</p>

  • wright_is

    Premium Member
    05 April, 2022 - 9:48 am

    <p>That would be a non-starter for any company I have ever worked for. The company directors and the data protection officer set the privacy policy and the IT has to ensure it is implemented for all users.</p><p><br></p><p>If a user forgets to set the company prescribed privacy settings or forgets, the company is the one facing a fine if those settings aren’t set.</p>

    • lvthunder

      Premium Member
      05 April, 2022 - 1:08 pm

      <p>You must work for some very large companies. Most small buisnesses here in the US at least don’t even have a dedicated IT person.</p>

      • wright_is

        Premium Member
        06 April, 2022 - 12:40 am

        <p>Companies from 25 to 500 employees. Also, all companies above 25 employees (or smaller companies which deal mainly with data processing, have to have a Data Protection Officer, who is responsible for all monitoring data flows and storage within the company and reporting any issues found internally and externally, if required by law (E.g. they have 48 hours to report a data breach to the authorities, whether the board/management want it reported or not). Because of that, they cannot be fired during their tenure as DPO (usually a 2 year period).</p>

  • yaddamaster

    05 April, 2022 - 10:22 am

    <p>I noticed that Google has already backtracked and delayed until May.</p><p><br></p><p>What I find more interesting is how Google is now beginning to understand how difficult it is to work with enterprises. Microsoft was castigated for being so slow and holding on to legacy products\ideas\procedures\etc – and eventually people migrated to other options. What Google is now finding out that simply making willy-nilly changes on a whim is not tolerable for most enterprises. </p><p><br></p><p>Releasing a new browser version every few onths was something companies accepted. But that’s about the limit.</p><p><br></p><p>It will be interesting to see how and whether Google’s culture can adapt or whether they’ll alienate.</p>

  • phil_adcock

    05 April, 2022 - 7:15 pm

    <p>You’d think Google being an enterprise itself would realize how dangerous this is. I can promise you this is not how their internal system will work. It will still be as private/secure as it always has been. </p>

  • Phil.Cofounder0112

    12 April, 2022 - 6:35 am

    <p><span style="color: rgb(71, 71, 71);">google’s search engine isn’t seen as amplifying divisive content or misinformation in the way that other social platforms do. It also has avoided criticisms facing some tech companies that they&nbsp;put&nbsp;the bottom line before the well-being of their&nbsp;users.&nbsp;</span></p>

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