Google Adds Fresh Privacy Features For Under 18s Following Facebook, Apple

  • Alphabet Inc's GOOG GOOGL Google will stop targeting ads based on people's age, gender, or interests below eighteen years, the company said in a blog post.
  • Recently Facebook Inc FB undertook a similar initiative.
  • Bloomberg reported that Google's privacy changes would encompass video site YouTube, standard Search, Google Assistant, location history, the Google Play Store, and Google Workspace for Education.
  • Google is introducing a new policy for the under-18s and their parents or guardians to request the removal of the young person's images from Google Image search results.
  • YouTube will change the default upload setting to its most private option for teens aged 13-17, which will help them to select their viewers. 
  • Google will disable the location history feature.
  • Recently, Apple Inc AAPL introduced features to detect child sexual abuse content on the U.S. iPhones.
  • Price Action: GOOG shares closed higher by 0.07% at $2,761.93 on Tuesday.
  • Photo by S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay
Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs
Comments
Loading...
Posted In:
Benzinga simplifies the market for smarter investing

Trade confidently with insights and alerts from analyst ratings, free reports and breaking news that affects the stocks you care about.

Join Now: Free!