Paris: France’s data protection watchdog has fined Google €150,000 after the US search engine ignored a three-month ultimatum to bring its practices on tracking and storing user information in line with local laws.
The privacy watchdog, known as CNIL, has also ordered Google to post the decision on its google.fr homepage for 48 hours within eight days of being officially notified of the ruling.
Spain, Britain, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands have also opened similar cases against Google because the US-based web giant’s privacy policy introduced in 2012 does not conform with local rules protecting consumers on how their personal data is processed and stored. Reuters
