European regulators (Article 29 working party) have written a letter to Google CEOasking Google to halt the introduction of its new ‘one-size-fits-all’ privacy policy

The privacy policy of Google was due to come into effect on March 1, and would allow Google to share what it knows about users between its services such as Google Search, Gmail and YouTube.

The European Union (EU) working party asked for Google to stop the new privacy policy while the working group investigate whether personal data of users is protected.

‘Given the wide range of services you offer, and the popularity of these services, changes in your privacy policy may affect many citizens in most EU member states,’ the group wrote to Google Chief Executive Larry Page.



‘We wish to check the possible consequences for the protection of the personal data of citizens,’ it said.