anuseems Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 (edited) Spain's privacy watchdog has slapped Google with a fine of 900,000 ($1.23 million) for violating the country's data protection laws "when combining personal information from its many different online services and failing to inform users clearly on how it uses their data", Reuters reported.The Spanish agency pointed out that Google filtered the content of e-mails and files to display advertisements but didn't sufficiently inform users about it, and when the company did, the language used was generic and unclear. The agency also said that the search giant collected data for unspecified purposes and kept it for an indefinite period of time.The new privacy policy, which Google created in March 2012, enabled it to share user data from one service to another. While the search giant said that this would enhance user experience, many argued that data collection could compromise the anonymity of users.Google's decision triggered privacy investigations in at least six European countries. While the Dutch data protection watchdog last month accused Google of breaking an identical law, the company is already facing sanctions in France after it failed to amend its privacy policy. Other countries like Italy, Germany, and UK may also decide to fine the company in coming months.Google made more than $50 billion in revenue last year and has a market capitalization of over $350 billion. According to a ZDNet report, the company can recoup the fine in less than 3 minutes. The company said in a statement that it will decide the next step only after studying the report and will continue to cooperate with the agency.@ http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/19/us-spain-google-privacy-idUSBRE9BI12Z20131219 Edited December 21, 2013 by anuseems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kn_andre Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Its just like a Never Ending Story ..... The List will keep going on and on and on .............. Kudos for Your Post .. Cheers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorel Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 For them it's worth to spy on us because the fine is very low... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedpedal Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 (edited) Over $24,000,000 per hour not bad. 1.23 million cheap fine. A threat of a permanent block would better get their attention! Edited December 21, 2013 by speedpedal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 A threat of a permanent block would better get their attention!"Could someone be brave enough to do it?"I wonder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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