Last week, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced Google will sign an undertaking requiring it to be more transparent about how it collects and uses personal data through its services, and on Tuesday, a group of European data protection authorities (DPAs) formed a task force in reaction to the latest changes to Facebook's privacy policy. IDG News Service reports the group will be led by Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and "perhaps" Italy. At issue are the company's practice of tracking users when they are not on its site and using information from profiles for commercial purposes, the report states. Germany's DPA has taken issue with how Facebook processes personal data, particularly between other services it already owns, such as WhatsApp and Instagram.
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