Google Workspace tracking changes are delayed until May [Updated]

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Update March 31, 2022: Never mind! The Google Workspace privacy changes are not going live this week. Google originally scheduled the changes to go live March 29, but now two days after the launch date, the company says the new settings are delayed until "May 2022." Why the update was delayed is unclear.

Original story March 29, 2022: Today is the day that Google's controversial changes to the Google Workspace privacy settings take effect. For paying users of Google Workspace, the organization-wide "Web & App Activity" control is being removed from the administrator control panel and will be split into two different settings. We covered this announcement two months ago, but the new privacy controls started rolling out on Tuesday.

Many confusing changes are happening. First, administrators will no longer have organization-wide control over privacy settings. It will now be up to each user in an organization to hunt down and change the settings themselves. Google will not honor your previous privacy settings when it moves the controls-organizations that previously opted out of tracking will be opted back in to some tracking, and every user will now need to opt out individually.

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