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Denmark bans Google products in municipalities for sending data to the US

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Subject of data protection Denmark banned the use Google Workspace in the municipalities of the country.

While other bloc countries focused on banning analytics, The Danish country focused on Workspacejoint space Google in the cloud, “to send personal information to the United States.”

Sanctions against Google

Under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), no technology company is required to send data to North America.

For this reason, the data protection agencies of European countries have begun to evaluate companies to make sure they meet this standard. So far, France, Italy and Austria have concentrated their efforts on Google analyticsseeking to protect “user privacy”.

In September 2021, the Danish Data Protection Authority issued a decision directing the municipality of Helsingør to carry out a risk assessment of the processing of personal data by the municipality in primary schools.

Following this process, the agency applied the same sanction to Google in other municipalities of the country.

Chromebooks not saving

Municipalities and city councils will have to liquidate Google Workspace and all tasks in the cloud until August 3, when the order takes effect.

However, the mandate currently extends to Chromebookspersonal computers with operating system Google and which are mainly used for students.

“Google invested in privacy best practices and a thorough risk assessment, and made our documentation widely available so everyone can see how we help organizations comply with the GDPR,” says a spokesperson Google a Computer today. “Schools own their data. We process your data only in accordance with our agreements with them. AT Workspace for education, student data is never used for advertising or other commercial purposes. Our services have been audited by independent organizations and we are constantly reviewing our practices to maintain the highest standards of safety and regulatory compliance.”

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