Google Fires Four Employees, Citing Data-Security Violations

Google told staff on Monday that it fired four employees for what the company called “clear and repeated violations” of its data-security policies.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google sent an email describing the decision to employees titled “Securing our data,” according to a copy of the document obtained by Bloomberg News. The company confirmed the memo but declined to comment further.

On Friday, more than 200 people demonstrated outside Google’s San Francisco office for a protest organized by staff. The protesters demanded the company reinstate two employees who had been put on administrative leave, Rebecca Rivers and Laurence Berland. On Monday, ...