If he lives in Germany, and they mistakenly changed his location to Malaysia, I understand his complaint. But, you can't just say "I want you to treat me as though I lived in a different country than I do, because I prefer their laws on this particular subject".

Granted, I wish Google's approach to privacy was better all around, but given that they want to gobble up as much data as possible, and we all know about that by now, I am not as confused by their approach here as I am by the author's reaction.