Must rectify privacy practices.
Search engine giant Google is no newcomer when it comes to end afoul of the law because of privacy-related discrepancies, and now several European countries left out by the company.
The two security agencies CNIL and AEPD, respectively, French and Spanish, is now threatening Google with fines for violations of the respective countries’ privacy laws. This writes Reuters.
not met requirements
The reason is that Google last year decided to combine the collection of personal information from all of its services, users do not have the opportunity to opt out. As a result, European authorities started an investigation and asked Google to change the terms, in February this year, the company has not complied.
French have now given Google three months to meet requirements, or pay a fine of up to 150 000, ie around 1.2 million. Spain threatens on its side with fines of around 2.3 million for each of the laws of the Company shall be broken.
The Spanish agency has stressed that Google has been clear on what the user data, and that they sit on the information for a long time.
Several countries follow
French and Spanish fines are admittedly small change for a big company like Google, but according to the CNIL considers also the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany similar measures. In this case, the total fines be substantially higher.
By the end of July, there will also be taken enforcement action against Google, said the CNIL, but it is unclear exactly what this means.
Search engine giant has long been in dialogue with the European authorities to try to legitimize the practice, and believe they have her on the shoulders.
– Our privacy practices respecting European laws and enable us to develop more efficient and effective services. We have met the authorities fully in this process and we will continue to do so, said a spokesperson for Google in an email to Reuters.
Thus, fighting words search engine giant is currently on two fronts, as they at home now struggling to put all the cards on the table after the much talked NSA scandal.
Among IT companies Google is actually good for privacy
scores high in the policy report “
(Sources: Reuters, via Engadget)
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