France's national data protection agency on Thursday threatened to hit Google with a fine of up to €150,000, unless the US internet giant brought its privacy policies in line with French law within three months.
In a move that France hopes will be followed by other European states, the national data protection agency Cnil said Google had failed to provide it with sufficient assurances about the storing and use of data it obtains from users.
"The information received in respect to this have so far been too imprecise or vague," Cnil President Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin told AFP.
She said that Google must set a clear limit on the length of time it can store the data obtained from web surfers and seek prior approval from them before installing cookies on their devices.
France's move follows Google's introduction last year of a new privacy policy which enables it to track users activity across its search engine, Gmail, the Google+ social networking platform and other services it owns, which include YouTube. Full story...
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In a move that France hopes will be followed by other European states, the national data protection agency Cnil said Google had failed to provide it with sufficient assurances about the storing and use of data it obtains from users.
"The information received in respect to this have so far been too imprecise or vague," Cnil President Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin told AFP.
She said that Google must set a clear limit on the length of time it can store the data obtained from web surfers and seek prior approval from them before installing cookies on their devices.
France's move follows Google's introduction last year of a new privacy policy which enables it to track users activity across its search engine, Gmail, the Google+ social networking platform and other services it owns, which include YouTube. Full story...
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