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A24 TECHNOLOGY
Saturday 19 May 2018
How Google, Facebook will adapt to Europe's new privacy law

By ANICK JESDANUN privacy protections. Face-
Associated Press book didn't explicitly an-
Companies large and small nounce the change; The
are updating their privacy Associated Press confirmed
policies and service terms it through checks in six
to comply with upcoming countries.
European Union rules gov- Facebook also plans to
erning data and privacy. offer a less-personalized
Only EU users are techni- version of its service for EU
cally covered by the rules, teens to comply with re-
formally known as the Gen- quirements it obtain paren-
eral Data Protection Regu- tal permission before kids
lation. under 16 can, for instance,
But many companies are list their political or religious
making broader changes views online. In the U.S., the
anyway, at least to some cutoff is lower, at 13. Face-
degree. Here's a look at book won't ask for paren-
how three leading internet tal consent in such cases
companies — Facebook, outside the EU, but will ask
Google and Twitter — are teens themselves I they
adapting to a post-GDPR want these features.
world. ___
___ In this March 29, 2018, file photo the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq Mar- GOOGLE
FACEBOOK ketSite in New York's Times Square. Google also isn't making
In March, Facebook up- Associated Press major changes to its data
dated its privacy controls in practices, although it did
hopes of making them eas- object to the processing of for six years, but not in the making major changes to rewrite its privacy policy
ier to find and understand. personal data, such as for EU and Canada, where pri- its data practices, its new to make it easier to un-
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has marketing. vacy laws are stronger. privacy policy has one sub- derstand. It now includes
said Facebook intends to Facebook has also ramped Now, EU and Canadian us- tle change. Previously, all video to explain concepts
offer those same controls up efforts to get your per- ers are being invited to turn users outside the U.S. and better. Section headers
and settings around the mission to use facial rec- that feature on. Facebook Canada were legally man- have larger fonts, and links
world, even though the ognition to automatically says it will eventually ask aged by Facebook's Irish to related settings are more
GDPR governs only EU us- identify people in photos everyone to reaffirm the subsidiary. Under the new clearly marked. Google
ers. — for instance, to make it use of facial recognition; rules, everyone outside Eu- also expanded many sec-
But Facebook has been easier to tag friends or to let the company previously rope will be fall under the tions to more fully explain
vague about applying oth- you know if someone uses assumed consent unless us- jurisdiction of its U.S. head- how it collects and uses
er GDPR provisions to non- your photo. Facebook has ers took the initiative to turn quarters. data. Google is now mak-
Europeans. That includes been using that technol- that off. That means users in Asia, for ing that available in the rest
one that lets Europeans ogy in much of the world Though Facebook isn't instance, won't get the EU of the EU.q

Toyota chief hopes to help Japan automakers keep tech edge

By YURI KAGEYAMA amples, but among such cal year through March,
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Mo- big names are Google Inc., makes the world's best-sell-
tor Corp. chief Akio Toyoda, with its Waymo self-driving ing hybrid, the Prius. Hybrids
tapped to head the Japa- car spinoff, and ride-hailing have gasoline engines in
nese auto industry asso- service Uber. addition to electric motors,
ciation, promised Friday to "Whether we can stay and aren't zero-emission.
lead a push among manu- competitive is an impor- Toyoda, the grandson of
facturers to keep a com- tant challenge for Japa- Toyota's founder, is the first
petitive edge in emerging nese automakers," he told to lead the industry group
technologies such as zero- reporters, adding that he twice, having served from
emission and autonomous views the new technolo- 2012 to 2014. The group in-
driving. Japanese compa- gies as opportunities. "Ja- cludes truck makers such
nies are among the world's pan is not falling behind." as Mitsubishi Fuso and
top automakers, but some Toyoda said Japan leads second-tier Mazda Motor
are worried whether they the world in "electrified ve- Corp., as well as Nissan Mo-
can maintain that lead hicles," including hybrids tor Co. and Honda Motor
amid major technological and plug-ins with pure elec- Co. Toyoda said the high
shifts that allow the entry tric vehicles, and isn't lag- cost of car ownership in Ja-
of newcomers, includ- ging behind China, more pan, including taxes, park-
ing those outside the auto widely associated with the ing and insurance, must
sector. Toyoda, the new electric-car drive. come down to reverse the
chairman of the 14-mem- Although China has far longtime decline in the do-
ber Japanese Automobile more electric cars on its mestic market. He hopes to
Manufacturers Association, roads than does Japan, hy- be a kind of cheerleader
acknowledged that new brid vehicles are extremely for the industry, referring to
Toyota Motor Corp. chief Akio Toyoda speaks to reporters in To-
kyo, Friday, May 18, 2018. competitors have plenti- popular in Japan. Toyota, his nickname Morizo, which
Associated Press ful cash and tend to be which recently reported he uses for his blog and
quick. He did not give ex- record profits for the fis- car-racing events.q