Internet giant promised to improve how it handles the users 'data for Street View controversy

Google "taken appropriate action" to improve its privacy policies since its Street View mapping car illegally collected data in the last year, the commissioner said on Tuesday.

The Internet giant vowed to improve as the user grips 'data in November, according to the Information Commissioner' s office, she ruled committed a "significant injury" the Data Protection Act, if their assignment Cars UK cities on tour.

Britain's data protection watchdog said Google had improved its practices, but urged the company to make improvements in some key areas.

"I 'm convinced that Google has made good progress in improving its privacy \ method according to the commitment they made signs to me last year," said Christopher Graham, the Information Commissioner. "All the commitments they gave us have made progress and the company has also reported the findings of our audit, we 've asked them to go over even further.

"The ICO 's Google test is not a stamp on the company' s privacy practices to ensure development. The company has its work in this area to continue along with new products and technologies. Google will be stored and forgotten in no of the ICO. "

Google drew criticism from agencies around the world, after it called on the collection of user data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks on its Street View mapping cars allowed.

The company said it has improved data protection for all employees, including product engineers, and built in strict privacy controls for all new products.

But the ICO asked Google to improve, as it explains to users how their information will be managed on the range of products, including Gmail, Search and View Street.

The watchdog said that Google should ensure that all its products through a "private design document", not only its new services. The ICO took the test at Google 's headquarters in London on 19 and 20 July, where it \ reviewed "relevant documentation" and interviewed employees in key positions.

In a post on Google 's European public policy blog on Tuesday, Alma Whitten, the company' s said director of privacy, it was "improved" core training for engineers in the past year.

Whitten added, "The report confirms the improvements we've 'to our internal structures made privacy training programs and internal audits and identified some scope for further work, we provide feedback welcome on our progress, and we look forward with the collaboration. ensuring that we continue to reflect products that strong privacy standards and practices to develop.

"We have worked hard on these new privacy controls that are designed by our internal practices, without having worked in the way of innovation that Google supports to improve since its inception. We know there is no perfect solution, so we continue to improve our current processes and develop new ones, so that the privacy awareness grows and develops next Google. "