Google in the grip of the European Privacy - Computer Point

Into France intimate in Mountain View: three months to fix it, then fine. But other guarantors of the Old Continent, including Italy, are ready to sanction the Big G

Rome – Ultimatum French at the Mountain View giant, which will three months to change the package of policy on the collection and processing of personal data of its users. In the focus of Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), the new simplified privacy of Google will be the subject of an investigation of the Guarantors of five European Union countries including Italy.

In transalpine violation of the law on the protection of personal data, the juice of a policy introduced by Bigg exclude users of its various services from digital control over the use of the same data raked between Gmail, YouTube and G+ . From Spain to the UK, the five authorities warranty are ready to proceed with salted financial penalties in the event of default by the giant California.

From the CNIL could get a fine not certain astronomical maximum value of which would not exceed 150 thousand euro (or 300 thousand, in case of repeated violation). Other national authorities are able, however, to impose penalties of up to a maximum of EUR 1 million: combined would be much more substantial for the Big G. The Guarantor Italian called for “more and more precise details on specific aspects of how the data” of users flag.

“Our privacy policy complies with European law and allows us to create services easier and more effective – responded to a spokesman for Bigg – We have been in constant contact with the various authorities involved in the course of this story and will continue to be in the future . “Into Old Mauro