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Fri Nov 29, 2013, 07:34 AM Nov 2013

Watchdog group says Google violated Dutch privacy laws

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/28/watchdog-group-says-google-violated-dutch-privacy-laws/



Watchdog group says Google violated Dutch privacy laws
By Agence France-Presse
Thursday, November 28, 2013 15:17 EST

Internet giant Google is in breach of Dutch privacy laws and will have to change the way it operates, the Dutch privacy watchdog said on Thursday following a seven-month probe.

“Google’s combined use of personal details since revising its privacy policy in 2012 is in breach of the Law on the Protection of Personal Information,” the Dutch Data Protection Authority (CBP) said in a statement.

“Google links personal details of Internet users gleaned through different Google services without informing users and without asking their permission,” said the Hague-based CBP, which advises government on privacy legislation.

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The CBP released a 100-page report on Thursday after a seven-month investigation, saying that Google’s use of “tracking cookies” without clearly informing users — or giving them a option to refuse — was breaking the Dutch data protection act.
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