{"id":320836,"date":"2021-08-10T22:09:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T19:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-will-try-to-protect-your-kids-from-google-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T22:09:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T19:09:16","slug":"google-will-try-to-protect-your-kids-from-google-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-will-try-to-protect-your-kids-from-google-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google Will Try to Protect Your Kids from Google \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Google Will Try to Protect Your Kids from Google \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Google is making several much-needed changes<\/a> to protect the privacy of your kids. Not only will the company prevent ad targeting based on kids\u2019 age, gender, or interests, but it will let kids request that their photos be removed from Images. Plus, Google will launch a privacy-focused Play Store category<\/a> and enable Safe Search and privacy settings on kids\u2019 accounts by default.<\/p>\n

Yeah, it sucks to find out that Google has been tracking your kid to sell data to advertisers, and I\u2019m not sure why kids\u2019 Google accounts weren\u2019t set to Safe Search from the get-go, but at least a change is coming. Google is even setting kids\u2019 YouTube<\/a> videos to private by default\u2014a small detail most people would never think of!<\/p>\n

But is this a compassionate stance from everybody\u2019s favorite mega-corporation? In its blog<\/a> announcing these changes, Google states the following:<\/p>\n

Some countries are implementing regulations in this area, and as we comply with these regulations, we\u2019re looking at ways to develop consistent product experiences and user controls for kids and teens globally.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There\u2019s your answer! It isn\u2019t clear what countries or regulations Google is referring to, though the company was sued for \u201cunlawful use of children\u2019s data<\/a>\u201d by the UK and EU last year and is a constant target for European lawmakers.<\/p>\n

In an interview with TechCrunch<\/em><\/a>, a Google spokesperson clarifies that the company\u2019s \u201cgone beyond what\u2019s required by law,\u201d and that many of these changes \u201cextend beyond\u201d any regulations. That\u2019s nice, but given that Facebook implemented<\/a> similar child-protecting rules just last week, we have to ask whether Google is looking out for kids or looking out for itself. These changes are necessary, but they should have happ<\/a>ened over a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Source: Google<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n