14 DAY TRIAL // Google recently debuted a new blog, Public Policy, used by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs, as the proper moment to praise the company's efforts, achievement and plans. Although he was speaking about the Mountain View giant, the Google employee didn't avoid mentioning that the users hold a very important role in the search giant's strategy because it evolved a lot after the customers contributed to the development of the software solution. Speaking about Google's public policy advocacy, the company's employee sustained that it's very important for both the search giant and the users to know that only together the powerful solution will continue to exist and be improved with revolutionary functions.
"Yes, we're a multinational corporation that argues for our positions before officials, legislators, and opinion leaders. At the same time, we want our users to be part of the effort, to know what we're saying and why, and to help us refine and improve our policy positions and advocacy strategies. With input and ideas from our users, we'll surely do a better job of fighting for our common interests," he said.
Lately, the Mountain View company has been accused that it is one of the firm that are not promoting the users' privacy. However, Google already announced a major modification into its privacy guidelines, saying that users' logs will be anonymized after a period of 18 to 24 months. Recently, the search giant reduced the period to 18 months, but will keep the 24 months period for the countries with specific laws.
"We hope this blog will serve as a resource for policymakers around the world -- including legislators, ministers, governors, city councilmembers, regulators, and the staffers who support them -- who are trying to enact sound government policies to foster free expression, promote economic growth, expand access to information, enable innovation, and protect consumers," the Google employee added.