Google’s first director of privacy plans to retire, Forbes reports. Alma Witten, named director of privacy in 2010 following controversy over Google’s Street View and Buzz services, was tasked with overseeing product development at the company to prevent against future privacy mishaps. She led the privacy team that saw the merging of Google’s 70-plus privacy policies into one. Whitten will be replaced by Google engineer Lawrence You, who will now take over a privacy team consisting of several hundred individuals.
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