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French regulator warns of Google privacy policy

Google's new privacy policy appears to violate the European Union's data protection rules, France's regulator ruled on Tuesday.

29.02.2012

(AP) Google's new privacy policy appears to violate the European Union's data protection rules, France's regulator said on Tuesday, just two days before the new guidelines are set to come into force.

Google announced its new privacy policy with much fanfare last month. The rules, which are set to come into force on Thursday, regulate how the Web giant uses the enormous amounts of personal data its collects through its search engine, email and other services.