Google threatened to cancel Gmail service

Dissatisfied with the new German bill on the prohibition of anonymous email accounts, Google search giant plans to end the German version of the Gmail service.

"This whole initiative is worthy of being called an ultimatum ," the Google representative in Germany said.

According to the bill, ISPs and Internet service providers will have to gather, collect and store user data so that investigators can access it whenever necessary.

Source: Infotech In an interview with Wirtschaftswoche, Google's Personal Privacy Lawyer Peter Fleischer said that if the German government passed the bill, " Google could" pull off "Gmail services. in Germany ".

However, Google representatives declined to comment on Fleischer's statement, as well as the possibility of Gmail withdrawing from Germany in the near future.

Returning to the interview, Fleischer urged the US government to veto the plan, warning that such tight email tracking was "useless", as users could easily switch. to use foreign email addresses.

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