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Google Avoids Fine In UK But Will Change Its Privacy Policies

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-another-day dept.

DW100 (2227906) writes Google has avoided a fine from UK data regulators for its privacy policies that were introduced in 2012. While French and Spanish regulators issued fines of €150,000 and €900,000 respectively, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) appears happy to simply ask Google to change the wording of its policies and make them clearer to users so that they can understand more clearly how their data is being gathered and used by the search giant.

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  1. Re:This coming from UK, it's pure hypocrisy. by Richard_at_work · · Score: 3, Informative

    Oh for crying out loud, can't that myth fucking die?

    Even the police suggest its as low as 1.85 million...

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-1...

    So long as you abide by the Data Protection Act, the British Government have no issues with you operating a CCTV camera. Let me repeat that - so long as you abide by the Data Protection Act...

    So, if you follow the rules you are fine. Just as Google would have been if they had followed the rules.