In France, data protection officials announced that they will impose sanctions against Google for the company’s failure to stick to a three-month deadline to tweak its privacy policies. The fine stems from Google’s melding of different privacy policies in Europe into a single policy that applies to all its platforms — Gmail, YouTube, Google+ and so on. The move unfairly subjected people to data collection, France said in June, warning that unless it made some changes, Google would be fined.
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France to Follow Through on Tiny Google Fine
Posted by: David Vranicar September 30, 2013 02:41 PMIn France, data protection officials announced that they will impose sanctions against Google for the company’s failure to stick to a three-month deadline to tweak its privacy policies. The fine stems from Google’s melding of different privacy policies in Europe into a single policy that applies to all its platforms — Gmail, YouTube, Google+ and so on. The move unfairly subjected people to data collection, France said in June, warning that unless it made some changes, Google would be fined.