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France fines Google over data privacy violations

article published on 28 September, 2013

French authorities have announced that they are fining Google over $400,000 for data privacy violations. The National Commission on Computing and Freedom (CNIL) says Google has not satisfactorily responded to requests to be more upfront about how the search giant collects data from its users. Regulators had also wanted Google to give users a chance to opt out of having their data centralized. ... [ read the full article ]

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ChappyTTV
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_ 		11. October 2013 @ 14:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I was going to say, a $400,000 fine to Google is like someone fining you...1 cent I guess, since I can't go lower ;)
I wonder tho, now that the penny has been phased out would it be more like a nickel or just say $00.00. ;)
I don't know if it's sad or funny, Google used to be the Techie's choice back in the early days and we recommended it to everyone we helped with Malware. We built Google into the giant it is today and now most people consider them one of the Evil Corporations.
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