<p>Google isn't being clear enough about how it uses consumer data that it collects from its users, says the European Union.</p><p>Google is again being sharply criticized by European officials about how the search engine giant uses the data it collects about its online users who use their extensive services.</p><p>"Google's efforts to track users across services such as YouTube and Gmail do not meet European standards of privacy, officials announced Tuesday," according to an Oct. 15 story in The Washington Post.</p><p>Regulators from 27 countries have signed a letter and sent it to Google asking the company "to give users more notice about how their data are collected and seek consent in some cases," The Post reported.</p><p><a href="http://www.eweek.com/security/google-privacy-policies-assailed-by-eu-report/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/16/google-privacy-policies-eu-data-protection">Google privacy policy slammed by EU data protection chiefs</a> (The Guardian)</p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gcRxeE89g4SHBsiAXid6T8a01Y0A?docId=ff5ff27df9bd4f789684d45e0b57a992">EU regulators ask Google to change privacy policy</a> (The Associated Press)</p><p><a href="http://www.webpronews.com/europe-isnt-satisfied-with-googles-privacy-policy-are-you-2012-10">Europe Isn&#039;t Satisfied With Google&#039;s Privacy Policy Are You?</a> (WebProNews)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=deap0GAKIlDebjMQUkUxhf98oywfM&ned=us">705 additional articles.</a></p>