欧洲六国对谷歌采取联合行动
Ōuzhōu zhōu liùguó duì gǔgē cǎiqǔ liánhé xíngdòng
Joint action of European countries against Google
由英国、德国、法国、意大利、西班牙以及荷兰数据保护主管部门发起针对谷歌的联合行动,要求该搜索巨擘就所谓违反欧盟隐私规则的行为采取补救措施.这是欧盟国家首次在隐私问题上对一家公司协同启动正式程序.这件事突显出欧洲方面对谷歌的不满.
Europe's largest data protection authorities have launched a joint action against Google to force it to remedy alleged breaches of EU privacy rules by the search giant. The move by data protection authorities from the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands is the first co-ordinated and formal procedure by EU states against a single company on privacy, underscoring European frustration with Google.
总部位于加利福尼亚的谷歌,自开始合并多项服务(如电子邮件Gmail和视频网站YouTube)的客户数据以来,其隐私政策就一直受到强烈批评.
The California-based group has faced intense criticism for its privacy policy since it first moved to merge customer data held across its various services such as Gmail and YouTube.
5个月前,由法国监管机构"国家信息与自由委员会"代表欧盟监管机构牵头展开的一项调查得出结论称,谷歌未能向用户提供充分信息、以让他们了解自己的个人数据在谷歌的多个平台之间如何被使用.
The move comes five months after a probe led by CNIL, the French watchdog representing EU regulators, concluded that Google had failed to give users adequate information about how their personal data were being used across its multiple platforms.
谷歌的回应是,其隐私政策是尊重欧洲法律的."我们在整个过程中全面配合相关数据保护主管部门的工作,并将继续这么做,"该公司在一份声明中表示.
Google responded that its privacy policy respected European law. "We have engaged fully with the data protection authorities involved throughout this process, and we will continue to do so going forward," it said in a statement.
这家美国集团称,其新版隐私条款将以前的60项政策整合为一项面向所有客户的政策,使其能够提供更好的服务.基于日历条目、位置规律和电子邮件内容提供智能信息的Google Now,就是使用这种新政策的服务之一.
The US group said its new privacy terms, which combine 60 former policies into one for all its customers, would allow it to provide a better service. Google Now, which provides intuitive updates based on calendar entries, location patterns and emails, is one example of a service making use of the new approach.
谷歌一案受到数家美国科技公司的密切关注,尤其是微软.该公司正受到欧洲监管机构的调查,因为它以类似于谷歌的方式修改了隐私政策.
The case is being watched closely by several US technology companies and in particular Microsoft, which is being investigated by European regulators for having changed its privacy policies in a similar way to Google.
欧盟司法专员维维安•雷�"硎荆�"六国数据保护主管部门采取联合行动、执行欧洲共同的数据保护规则,此举令人欣慰.我相信,欧洲议会和欧盟成员国将在今年大幅强化欧洲的执法手段."
Viviane Reding, EU commissioner for justice, said, "It is good to see that six national data protection authorities are teaming up to enforce Europe's common data protection rules. I am confident that the European parliament and the EU member states will strengthen Europe's enforcement tools substantially in the course of this year."
词语解释：
补救 （bǔjiù） remedy
违反 （wéifǎn） breach
监管机构 （jiānguǎn jīgòu） watchdog
联合行动 （liánhé xíngdòng） team up
(Source: myechinese.com)
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