Spain
Hits Google With .2M Fine for
'Illegal' Privacy Violations
Spain's
Privacy watchdog hit
Google 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.
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Google Reaches $17 Million Privacy Settlement With States
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 in a statement.
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