Alma Whitten, Google's director of privacy, product and engineering, said the changes were necessary to simplify current privacy settings.Full details and replies from critics at BBC News.
"We're rolling out a new main privacy policy that covers the majority of our products and explains what information we collect and how we use it in a more readable way," she said.
The firm also laid out how it will improve search.
"If you're signed into Google, we can do things like suggest search queries, or tailor your search results, based on the interests you've expressed in Google+, Gmail and YouTube," the firm said.
Google changes privacy settings for the worse
Posted on Wednesday, January 25 2012 @ 20:16 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck