Spain Hits Google With $1.2M Fine for 'Illegal' Privacy Violations

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Spain Hits Google With $1.2M Fine for 'Illegal' Privacy Violations
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Spain's privacy watchdog hit Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) with a $1.2 million fine for breaking the country's data protection laws and "seriously infringe citizens' rights."

The Data Protection Agency found Google guilty of three separate violations for collecting information about its users in Spain sharing that data across its services, like search and Google Drive; and **t properly informing them of collection practices. Each violation resulted in a fine of 300,000 euros, around $400,000.

See also: Google Reaches $17 Million Privacy Settlement With States (http://mashable.com/2013/11/19/google-privacy-settlement/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


Google "doesn't give users e**ugh information about which data it collects, for what purpose it uses the data, it combines data obtained through different services, and it keeps it for an undefined amount of time," the agency said (http://www.agpd.es/portalwebAGPD/revista_prensa/revista_prensa/2013/**tas_prensa/common/diciembre/131219_NP_AEPD_POL_PRIV_GOOGLE.pdf) in a statement. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2013/12/20/spain-google-privacy-violations/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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