Google gives in
It took a long time. Ten years to be exact. As of today - at least I only noticed it this morning - Google has added a “privacy” note on its homepage. It’s called “privacy” on google.com and “data protection” (Datenschutz) on google.at. The link to the privacy-guidelines can be found next to the “copyright”-symbol, where the “Google” logo was formerly positioned.
Until now Google had refused to add this notice on its homepage, because it would destroy the design. I have written about this a month ago. What does this rethinking imply? If you exert enough pressure, the company reacts. Google can only be forced to disclose its methods or to change them if a discussion develops.
