Alphabet Inc.\u2019s Google is changing its policies next month to restrict advertising for spyware and other unauthorized tracking technology.<\/p>\n
The change \u201cwill prohibit the promotion of products or services that are marketed or targeted with the express purpose of tracking or monitoring another person or their activities without their authorization,\u201d\u00a0according<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to the company.<\/p>\n While ads for these products already violate Google\u2019s Enabling Dishonest Behavior\u00a0policy<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong> the change will make the ban on tracking technology explicit and lead to increased enforcement, a company spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n The policy will prohibit advertisements of spyware and malware \u201cthat can be used to monitor texts, phone calls, or browsing history,\u201d according to Google.<\/p>\n It will also ban ads for \u201cGPS trackers specifically marketed to spy or track someone without their consent\u201d and of cameras or recorders \u201cmarketed with the express purpose of spying.\u201d<\/p>\n The new policy will be implemented globally on Aug. 11, and the accounts of advertisers that violate it will be suspended, according to Google.<\/p>\n Alphabet Inc.\u2019s Google is changing its policies next month to restrict advertising for spyware and other unauthorized tracking technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341034,"featured_media":221903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[167,18564,2232],"class_list":["post-359639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-google","tag-spyware","tag-tracking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359643,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359639\/revisions\/359643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Now read: No, Google and Apple have not installed a COVID-19 tracing app on your phone<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"