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Google fires four employees over data security policy violations

Dev Kundaliya
clock 26 November 2019 •
The rally held by Google workers in San Francisco on 22 November. Image by GoogleWalkout via Medium.
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The rally held by Google workers in San Francisco on 22 November. Image by GoogleWalkout via Medium.

Two of the terminated Google staffers had addressed a rally outside one of the company's San Francisco offices last week

Google has fired four employees over what it claims were violations of the company's policies around accessing and sharing internal documents. The staff, the company says, shared sensitive details,...

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