Google's privacy woes are just the beginning

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Jaclyn Wilkins of law firm Charles Russell LLP examines the investigation into Google's privacy policies and asks: which tech firm will be next?

In March 2012, Google launched its new consolidated privacy policy which brought more than 70 policies into just one. Google's aim was to create a "beautifully simple, intuitive user experience acr...

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