https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/investigative-reports/google-allowed-a-sanctioned-russian-ad-company-to-harvest-user-data-for-months/ A look inside San Jose politics and culture Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:10:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.12 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/investigative-reports/google-allowed-a-sanctioned-russian-ad-company-to-harvest-user-data-for-months/#comment-1742306 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:10:16 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201196172#comment-1742306 The incident is a huge blow to Google, and it’s not clear how the company will recover from it. But what’s interesting is that it seems like the company didn’t even know about this situation until recently. The Wall Street Journal reported that Google was aware of the issue in early March, but only began sharing information with regulators on April 19. Explore https://codelist.biz/2020/12/09/5-smart-dissertation-hacks-2020/ to grab quick dissertation hacks. Google CEO Sundar Pichai capitulated to pressure from senior executives over the weekend and sent out an email apologizing for “the frustration this has caused our users.” He made clear that nobody at Google knew about this situation until recently, and that Google decided to inform regulators after uncovering evidence in early April.

]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/investigative-reports/google-allowed-a-sanctioned-russian-ad-company-to-harvest-user-data-for-months/#comment-1741479 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 22:59:14 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201196172#comment-1741479 Why Can’t Google just turn off access to Russian companies? There are so many Internet companies that Putin block from operating in Russia, why are we letting them benefit from our member data?

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