Alphabet Inc's Google is trying to plug a surge of public scrutiny around t...
SAN FRANCISCO - Alphabet Inc’s Google is trying to plug a surge of public scrutiny around the world by overhauling how its policy office operates, with increased emphasis on having policy staffers and top company executives alike building relationships with governments, people familiar with the matter said this week.
The negative attention on Google’s power and its data collection practices could hurt its public image and force costly business changes. The moves aim to get Google’s separate units including cloud computing, consumer hardware and YouTube - along with each unit’s senior leaders - to take a bigger role in lobbying on issues affecting them and set the company up to uniformly challenge similar regulatory threats in different parts of the world, sources said.
The company declined to comment for this story. Spokespeople have declined multiple requests to interview Bhatia since his hiring.Bhatia centralized policy crafting through a set of “centers of excellence,” each focused on a separate issue such as data privacy rules, competition law or economic policy, sources said.
The four regional heads reporting to Bhatia include Ted Osius for Asia Pacific and Doron Avni for Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Greater Russia. Leaders for U.S.-Canada and Europe have not been named. FILE PHOTO: European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager talks to the media at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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