After Google refused to change its privacy policy in EU, six European countries decided to coordinate an enforcement push against the search giant. The list of the countries determined to teach Google a lesson include the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Spain. All of them have started investigations into the search giant’s net privacy. In case Google is found guilty, the penalties will be swingeing, amounting to millions of dollars.
The investigations launched by the countries centre around a decision made by the search giant at the start of 2012 to share data for services like YouTube and Gmail. In the beginning, the investigation was initiated by national agencies in all 27 European countries that asked France to start an investigation.
In the meanwhile, Google kept insisting that its privacy policy didn’t break European legislation, but a month ago investigators from the 6 countries met with executives and revealed there was not a satisfactory response from the company. At the moment, it is unclear what the next step in the investigations will be, but it seems that each of the 6 countries participating in the effort will have to approach the search giant separately. The reason for this step is said to be the fact that there isn’t Europe wide legislation governing such issues.
The investigations launched by the countries centre around a decision made by the search giant at the start of 2012 to share data for services like YouTube and Gmail. In the beginning, the investigation was initiated by national agencies in all 27 European countries that asked France to start an investigation.
In the meanwhile, Google kept insisting that its privacy policy didn’t break European legislation, but a month ago investigators from the 6 countries met with executives and revealed there was not a satisfactory response from the company. At the moment, it is unclear what the next step in the investigations will be, but it seems that each of the 6 countries participating in the effort will have to approach the search giant separately. The reason for this step is said to be the fact that there isn’t Europe wide legislation governing such issues.
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