France (and five other European countries) takes on Google over privacy laws
France takes on Google over privacy laws
BREAKING: Authorities in France, along with five other European countries, have taken steps to force US internet giant Google to comply with EU privacy rules, France's CNIL data protection agency said on Tuesday.
France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom "have launched actions on April 2nd 2013 on the basis of the provisions laid down in their respective national legislation" to force Google to make changes to its privacy policy to bring it in line with European regulations, CNIL said in a statement on Tuesday.
In October, the data protection agencies warned Google that its new privacy policy did not comply with EU laws and gave it four months to comply or face legal action.
"At the end of a four-month delay accorded to Google to conform and promise to implement recommendations, no response has been forthcoming by the company," France's CNIL data protection agency said in February.
Google rolled out the new privacy policy in March 2012, allowing it to track users across various services to develop targeted advertising, despite sharp criticism from US and European consumer advocacy groups.
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