Google Inc. and the Hamburg privacy regulator reached an accord over the use of data by the search engine’s Analytics function in Europe.
Google will expand a deactivation add-on allowing users to object to data gathering for all browsers, regulator Johannes Caspar said in a statement on his website today. Website owners can ask Google not to store their complete IP-addresses within Europe. The Mountain View, California-based firm also agreed to enter into data-administration contracts with website owners as provided by German law, Caspar said.
