Google Centralizes Security, Privacy For Web, Android Users

June 2, 2015 Off By David

Grazed from InformationWeek. Author: Thomas Claburn.

Google’s new account hub, for users of its Web services and Android smartphones, gives IT organizations a new tool to improve employee awareness of security and privacy. Following its developer conference last week, on Monday Google enhanced its security and privacy offerings with a unified security page and a Web resource for those with privacy questions.

For IT organizations that have to deal with the intricacies of employee devices in the workplace and shadow IT, Google’s effort to educate users about security and privacy provide a potential opportunity to raise awareness of issues that confront every company. In a blog post, Google product manager Guemmy Kim said the company wants to change the perception that people are unable to control their personal information…

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