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Google fined ?150k for ignoring French data protection watchdog

article published on 9 January, 2014

Google has been fined ?150,000 by a French watchdog after it ignored a three month ultimatum to bring its privacy policies in line with French law. The dispute stems back to a March 2012 decision by Google to consolidate dozens of privacy policies across its web services into one policy that covers all its services, such as GMail, YouTube and Google+. It would combine its data collection ... [ read the full article ]

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dEwMe
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_ 		9. January 2014 @ 11:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Google really should just block French users until their gov gets a clue. I'll bet the uproar from their people would straighten them out.

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ChikaraNZ
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_ 		11. January 2014 @ 01:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hmm, I don't really agree with everything Google does, but simplifying the different terms and conditions across services, into one common document, I would have thought it a good move. It will help simplify things and means users only have to find one privacy policy, not multiple ones.

But, the French have always been a bit different to the rest of the world (and I mean that in a bad way). It's a screwed up country.
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Jemborg
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_ 		11. January 2014 @ 11:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
They're funny about the language. Inventing words from nowhere to stop new foreign words from entering... like "blog" or something.




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Tarsellis
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_ 		11. January 2014 @ 16:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
whoopdy-frikken-doo. They made that in a single day of violations. Are even the french dumb enough to fall for this publicity stunt by their rulers?
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