--- title: "Google Adwords may give US intelligence access to data from French users." description: "Google has already stated that its Analytics software does not follow users from throughout Web." author: "Vallabha Buddepu" published: 2022-02-11 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1390/google-adwords-may-give-us-intelligence-access-to-data-from-french-users category: "google api" tags: ["google api", "google analytics", "google cloud", "google", "technology news"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Google Adwords may give US intelligence access to data from French users. ## READ HIGHLIGHTS The decision of the CNIL mirrors that of its Austrian equivalent. Several major corporations have lobbied for a new transatlantic data-transfer agreement. [Google Analytics](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1504/google-analytics-setup-website-tracking-code) is the most frequently used Web analytics tool on the planet. ## WHY IN [NEWS](https://www.mindstick.com/developersection/news) According to France's watchdog CNIL, Google Analytics, the world's most extensively used Web analytics programme built by Alphabet's Google, risks providing US intelligence services access to data from French website users. The [data protection](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/303929/what-is-data-protection-and-why-is-it-important) controller - one of the most chorus and impactful in Europe - said the US [tech](https://www.mindstick.com/services/technologies) giant hadn't taken enough steps to ensure data personal secrecy under E.u. regulatory oversight when information was transmitted among Europe and the Usa in a judgement trying to attack an unidentified News site manager. 'These (measures) are insufficient to prevent this data from being accessed by US [intelligence agencies](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1310/top-intelligence-agencies-in-the-world),' the regulator stated. **ALSO READ :** [**NASA Needs To be concerned About SpaceX's Plan to Launch 30,000 Satellites**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1389/nasa-needs-to-be-concerned-about-spacex-s-plan-to-launch-30-000-satellites) 'Users of French websites who utilise this services but their data is exported are thus at danger.' The CNIL stated the News site administrator in dispute had one week to abide regulations, and that similar orders had been given to other website operators. The CNIL ruling was met with silence by Google. Google Analytics does not follow people throughout the Internet, according to the company, and users of the service have complete discretion over the data they gather. Following objections from Vienna-based noyb (Non Of [Your Business](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12252/simple-ways-to-improve-your-business-sales)), an advocacy organisation formed by Austria attorney and private campaigner Max Schrems, who lost an elevated case with Europe's top court, the CNIL has made a similar ruling. **ALSO READ :** [**Saturn's Aurorae are fueled by the solar system high-altitude winds, according to research.**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1388/saturn-s-aurorae-are-fueled-by-the-solar-system-high-altitude-winds-according-to-research) Because of similar concerns, the [European Union](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81325/european-union-loses-to-china)'s Court of Justice cancelled the Privacy Shield, a transatlantic data transfer agreement used by thousands of enterprises for data sourced from [virtual machine](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/157900/what-is-a-virtual-machine-and-how-does-it-work) to employment and banking. Because of the legal dangers they face, several significant businesses, notably Google and Meta's Facebook, have asked for a new transnational data transfer treaty to be quickly agreed upon. 'In the long run, either we need sufficient safeguards in the US, or we'll wind up with distinct goods for the US and the EU,' says the author. 'I would prefer greater protections in the US, but that is up to the US legislator, not anybody in Europe.' --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1390/google-adwords-may-give-us-intelligence-access-to-data-from-french-users Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.