3 Months, Google Must Change Privacy Policy

PARIS - France gives Google time during the three months to change its policy on Internet user data so that companies are not subject to penalties. In addition to France, five other countries in the European region will also perform similar steps.

Search engine giant from the United States (U.S.), it is claimed to have violated French law as it is considered to prevent people knowing how their personal data could be used and the controls. This was disclosed by the National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties (CNIL) otherwise known as the French data protection watchdog last week.

CNIL asked Google to comply with the French Data Protection Act. "France, Spain, and the UK, will begin next week (this week) and Germany at the end of next week will begin a formal and official decision to begin the process of repression against Google. Thereafter, Italy and the Netherlands will follow at the end of July, "French authorities clearly Chairman Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, as quoted by Bloomberg, on Monday (24/06/2013).

Google at the end of last year, faced investigations throughout Europe in order to harmonize privacy policy for more than 60 products. As for the global data protection regulators have asked the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Google Larry Page to contact them about possible problems related to advanced eyewear company, Google Glass.

"Our privacy policy is to respect European law and allows us to simplify and make the service more effective. We communicate with data protection authorities involved during this process and will continue to do so in the future," said a spokesman for Google in Brussels, Belgium, Al Verney.