European regulators prepare to take Google to task over data-sharing
From: Ars Technica
Search giant is under pressure in EU over its privacy practices
by Timothy B. Lee
When Google instituted a new privacy policy early last year, European regulators warned that it was likely illegal under European law. In October, the regulators fired a shot across Google’s bow, telling the search giant that it needed to address their concerns or face legal action in 2013.
Now European privacy regulators are preparing to act, according to Reuters. The regulators’ next step—setting up a new working group to coordinate the responses of privacy regulators in the EU’s 27 member countries—isn’t likely to strike fear in Larry Page’s heart. But the regulators say they expect to take coordinated enforcement action against Google by this summer.
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