Panic From Adsense Policy Breach Detect Email
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
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Some spider web log owners, who role AdSense, received roughly real disturbing e-mail this weekend.
Fortunately, this was, apparently, merely another episode of Google beingness Google.
Personally Identifiable Information, or PII, tin move passed through roughly ads, hosted past times AdSense.
Some fourth dimension ago, AdSense Support identified a mutual error beingness made past times roughly AdSense publishers, which tin motility roughly 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, in addition to advised roughly publishers that they were no longer inwards violation.
Presumably, they could have got emailed alone the publishers, who had made in addition to corrected their mistakes - in addition to thanked them for taking action. In this case, however, they emailed a large amount of publishers who had never made this mistake, in addition to had never received an master "breach notice" - in addition to who had no thought why they were straight off getting a "breach notice".
Whether the proper publishers received the "thank you" is a affair for speculation.
If you, or someone who yous know, received a "Policy Breach Notice"
For progressing advice on this issue, AdSense Support suggests that yous post inwards the principal AdSense Help Forum topic - in addition to / or read the advice provided there.
(Update iv March): AdSense sent an update
This morning time 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 trouble concern human relationship inwards danger of beingness terminated?
We have got straight off verified that nosotros are no longer detecting PII beingness passed to Google from the account(s) nether your control.
Thank yous for helping to resolve this matter.
Regards,
The Google Policy Team
Fortunately, this was, apparently, merely another episode of Google beingness Google.
Personally Identifiable Information, or PII, tin move passed through roughly ads, hosted past times AdSense.
Some fourth dimension ago, AdSense Support identified a mutual error beingness made past times roughly AdSense publishers, which tin motility roughly 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, in addition to advised roughly publishers that they were no longer inwards violation.
Presumably, they could have got emailed alone the publishers, who had made in addition to corrected their mistakes - in addition to thanked them for taking action. In this case, however, they emailed a large amount of publishers who had never made this mistake, in addition to had never received an master "breach notice" - in addition to who had no thought why they were straight off getting a "breach notice".
Whether the proper publishers received the "thank you" is a affair for speculation.
If you, or someone who yous know, received a "Policy Breach Notice"
We have got straight off verified that nosotros are no longer detecting PII beingness 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, yous should move careful to banking concern stand upwards for email, regularly - in addition to look carefully for of import email.
For progressing advice on this issue, AdSense Support suggests that yous post inwards the principal AdSense Help Forum topic - in addition to / or read the advice provided there.
(Update iv March): AdSense sent an update
Dear Publisher
Google of late sent yous an e-mail inwards English linguistic communication from publisher-policy-no-reply@google.com, alongside the dependent plain of "policy breach notice," regarding personally identifiable information.
The message was sent inwards error; nosotros would similar to pick out our sincerest apologies for the alert that this must have got caused yous in addition to your colleagues.
You produce non quest to have got specific activity on this erroneous message however, due to the dynamic nature of publisher monetization nosotros encourage yous to periodically review our resources regarding PII.