Panic From Adsense Policy Breach Abide By Email
Sunday, March 1, 2015
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Some weblog owners, who role AdSense, received around really disturbing e-mail this weekend.
Fortunately, this was, apparently, only another episode of Google existence Google.
Personally Identifiable Information, or PII, tin give notice last passed through around ads, hosted past times AdSense.
Some fourth dimension ago, AdSense Support identified a mutual fault existence made past times around AdSense publishers, which tin give notice crusade around AdSense ads to pass personal details nearly their Google accounts. AdSense Support refers to these details every bit "PII".
AdSense originally notified the negligent publishers of their mistakes, every bit a "Policy Breach Notice". This weekend, they followed upwards on their previous action, as well as advised around publishers that they were no longer inwards violation.
Presumably, they could have got emailed solely the publishers, who had made as well as corrected their mistakes - as well as thanked them for taking action. In this case, however, they emailed a large amount of publishers who had never made this mistake, as well as had never received an master "breach notice" - as well as who had no thought why they were forthwith getting a "breach notice".
Whether the proper publishers received the "thank you" is a thing for speculation.
If you, or someone who you lot know, received a "Policy Breach Notice"
For progressing advice on this issue, AdSense Support suggests that you lot post inwards the primary AdSense Help Forum topic - as well as / or read the advice provided there.
(Update iv March): AdSense sent an update
This forenoon I received the next e-mail from Google.And the e-mail was labeled "Policy Breach Notice".Dear Publisher,What did I do, this time? Is my AdSense draw of piece of occupation organisation human relationship inwards danger of existence terminated?
We have got forthwith verified that nosotros are no longer detecting PII existence passed to Google from the account(s) nether your control.
Thank you lot for helping to resolve this matter.
Regards,
The Google Policy Team
Fortunately, this was, apparently, only another episode of Google existence Google.
Personally Identifiable Information, or PII, tin give notice last passed through around ads, hosted past times AdSense.
Some fourth dimension ago, AdSense Support identified a mutual fault existence made past times around AdSense publishers, which tin give notice crusade around AdSense ads to pass personal details nearly their Google accounts. AdSense Support refers to these details every bit "PII".
AdSense originally notified the negligent publishers of their mistakes, every bit a "Policy Breach Notice". This weekend, they followed upwards on their previous action, as well as advised around publishers that they were no longer inwards violation.
Presumably, they could have got emailed solely the publishers, who had made as well as corrected their mistakes - as well as thanked them for taking action. In this case, however, they emailed a large amount of publishers who had never made this mistake, as well as had never received an master "breach notice" - as well as who had no thought why they were forthwith getting a "breach notice".
Whether the proper publishers received the "thank you" is a thing for speculation.
Related:
If you, or someone who you lot know, received a "Policy Breach Notice"
We have got forthwith verified that nosotros are no longer detecting PII existence passed to Google from the account(s) nether your control.This is good. You are non inwards violation of the PII Policy. Get back to work, on your blog. That said, you lot should last careful to banking concern lucifer email, regularly - as well as look carefully for of import email.
For progressing advice on this issue, AdSense Support suggests that you lot post inwards the primary AdSense Help Forum topic - as well as / or read the advice provided there.
(Update iv March): AdSense sent an update
Dear Publisher
Google of late sent you lot an e-mail inwards English linguistic communication from publisher-policy-no-reply@google.com, alongside the discipline of "policy breach notice," regarding personally identifiable information.
The message was sent inwards error; nosotros would similar to bring our sincerest apologies for the alert that this must have got caused you lot as well as your colleagues.
You exercise non take away to have got specific activeness on this erroneous message however, due to the dynamic nature of publisher monetization nosotros encourage you lot to periodically review our resources regarding PII.
