Frankrike and Spania threaten Google - Dagbladet.no

soon follow several EU countries for, according to the French Data Protection Authority.

company risks having to pay millions of euros in fines to European countries.

– By the end of July To all EU data supervision have taken enforcement action against Google, says the head of the French data protection authority CNIL, Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin. The UK, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands are planning similar action against the world’s largest search engine, according to the CNIL.

Google must within three months change its policy on the use of private user data if it will avoid French fines of up to 150,000 euros ( NOK 1.2 million).

Also the Spanish Data Protection AEPD said on Thursday that it will fine the IT company as a violation of six of the country’s privacy laws. Five of the violations are considered to be serious, and for each of these there is talk of a fine of between 40,000 and 300,000 euros (300,000 to 2.4 million).

In April made six European countries getting ready to punish Google for failing to disclose its methods for collecting information about users. The process against Google has been led by France.

Norway accompany

Inspectorate in Norway included on the grips as other European countries are, and will consider whether to take steps on the Norwegian side, says Kim Ellertsen, director of the legal department.

– But we have not concluded yet, he says to NTB .

triggered protests from Google, the company in March last year put together 60 services to a common registration and coordinated policy settings.

Critics say that the coordination of services for Google, YouTube, Gmail and Google+, Google provides great opportunities to identify users’ lives and behavior.

Google promised on Thursday to cooperate with the authorities in both France and other countries and argued that the company respect European laws.

Monitoring Scandal

The issue has become even more important following revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency NSA has secretly gained access to large amounts of data in Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple.

The head of France’s data audit says that revelations have led to increased awareness of the population desire for greater transparency and better protection of their personal data.

– There are quantities that personal information floating around about people in Google galaxy, and that people are not even aware of. The only thing we ask Google about is lifting the veil and show what they are doing, says Falque-Pierrotin. (NTB)