Anne Toth named head of privacy for Google+

Former Yahoo chief trust officer Anne Toth will join Google on Monday as head of privacy for the new Google+ social network, the firm confirmed on Friday.

Toth spent 13 years at Yahoo, which has reportedly put itself up for sale after CEO Carol Bartz was fired last month. She announced the move in a Google+ post on Friday. Toth attended Wellesley College and the University of California, Berkeley.

"Excited to be joining Google and the Google+ team next week," Toth said. "Today I'm enjoying my one, solitary day of unemployment. I love everyone who told me to take time off between jobs but I'm too Type A for my own good."

Google agreed to implement a comprehensive privacy program in March as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission related to the rollout of Google Buzz. The FTC said GMail users were enrolled in aspects of Buzz against their will and were unable to make sense of confusing privacy controls.

As part of the settlement Google must hire an outside auditor to conduct an independent review of its privacy policies every two years and obtain users' consent before changing how it shares user information with third parties.

Alma Whitten remains director of privacy for product and engineering and will continue to lead the search giant's companywide privacy efforts.