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Alma Whitten, who was appointed (http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/24/google-revises-internal-privacy-practices-appoints-director-of/) Google's director of privacy for product and engineering in 2010 after the Street View WiFi brouhaha (http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/14/street-view-cars-mistakenly-nabs-personal-data-over-wifi-says-g/), will be leaving her post, Google has confirmed to The Verge. During Whitten's tenure, the search giant has unified its privacy policy (http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/24/google-new-privacy-policy/) and pushed its transparency reports (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/05/google-transparency-report-now-includes-fbi-national-security-letters/), but it's had a few bumps (http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/19/eu-regulators-google-privacy-policy-investigation-continues/) in the road as well (http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/09/google-to-pay-22-5-million-ftc-cookies/). According to Forbes, the ten-year Google veteran will be retiring, but is staying on for a few more months to ensure the leadership transition is smooth. In Whitten's stead, software engineering director Lawrence You will pick up the privacy mantle for the search giant.
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Source: The Verge (http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/1/4171426/googles-privacy-director-alma-whitten-departs-after-controversies)
Via: Engadget