Google’s new privacy policy, which took effect Thursday, violates EU law, European Union Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said on the BBC’s Radio Four Thursday morning. Google has rebuffed requests by the European Union privacy body to delay implementation of changes to the policy due to its concerns. French data protection watchdog Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertes issued a letter to the search giant earlier this week, casting doubt on the legality of the private policy, and informing Google that it would lead a Europe-wide investigation.
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EU Turns Up the Volume on Google Privacy Grumbling
Posted by: Peter Suciu March 1, 2012 12:43 PMGoogle’s new privacy policy, which took effect Thursday, violates EU law, European Union Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said on the BBC’s Radio Four Thursday morning. Google has rebuffed requests by the European Union privacy body to delay implementation of changes to the policy due to its concerns. French data protection watchdog Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertes issued a letter to the search giant earlier this week, casting doubt on the legality of the private policy, and informing Google that it would lead a Europe-wide investigation.