EU announces sanctions against Google
18/05/2016
The company's privacy rules do not comply with Community law.
The data protection authorities of the 27 EU countries have announced this Monday that they will impose sanctions on the American technology company Google before the summer, for refusing to adjust its privacy policy to Community legislation.
In October 2012, the Twenty-seven concluded that Google's privacy policy breaches EU data protection rules and gave it four months to modify it.
In particular, the European data protection agencies asked Google to offer clearer and more complete information about the data it collects, the storage period, its use, and the combination of data collected by different services, such as YouTube, Gmail or Google+.
"At the expiration of the 4-month period given to Google to comply and commit to putting these recommendations into practice, the company has not provided any response," said the French data protection authority, CNIL, which is coordinating the investigation.
For this reason, the 27 data protection agencies "propose the implementation of a working group, led by the CNIL, to coordinate their repressive action, which must take place before the summer," the statement said.
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Source: The Country
The data protection authorities of the 27 EU countries have announced this Monday that they will impose sanctions on the American technology company Google before the summer, for refusing to adjust its privacy policy to Community legislation.
In October 2012, the Twenty-seven concluded that Google's privacy policy breaches EU data protection rules and gave it four months to modify it.
In particular, the European data protection agencies asked Google to offer clearer and more complete information about the data it collects, the storage period, its use, and the combination of data collected by different services, such as YouTube, Gmail or Google+.
"At the expiration of the 4-month period given to Google to comply and commit to putting these recommendations into practice, the company has not provided any response," said the French data protection authority, CNIL, which is coordinating the investigation.
For this reason, the 27 data protection agencies "propose the implementation of a working group, led by the CNIL, to coordinate their repressive action, which must take place before the summer," the statement said.
To read the original news click here
Source: The Country