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Six EU nations challenge Google on privacy

Agencies in six European nations will take legal action against Internet giant Google for failing to rectify problems with its privacy policy
April 04, 2013 / 09:30 IST

Agencies in six European nations will take legal action against Internet giant Google for failing to rectify problems with its privacy policy, France's National Commission on Information Technology and Freedom, known as CNIL, said. Last October, CNIL and its counterparts in Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Italy gave Google four months to bring its practices into line with the relevant European Union directives.The regulators asked Google to provide search-engine users with clear, complete information about the nature of the personal data collected, how long the data is retained and for what purposes. As Google failed to make any changes following a March 19 meeting between company executives and the regulators, the six national agencies will undertake legal action in accord with the respective laws in each country, CNIL said Tuesday.

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first published: Apr 4, 2013 09:12 am

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