CNIL said Friday it enclenchait sanction proceedings against the giant Google, which still refuses to conform to French law the policy of privacy on the Internet, at the end three-month ultimatum. “On the last day of the three-month period granted to Google Inc., the company challenges the reasoning of the National Commission on Informatics and Liberties, and the applicability of the Data Protection Act to services used by residents in France, “said the CNIL in a statement. Google “has therefore not made the requested changes. In this context, the President of the CNIL (Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin) will appoint a rapporteur for the purpose of initiating a formal sanction, as provided by the Data Protection Act freedoms, “says the Commission. Internally, the CNIL has a separate office, called “training contentious”, composed of five members and a different president of the head of the CNIL, responsible to impose sanctions. No information was available from the CNIL concerning deadlines for such a procedure. In France, the financial penalties that may be imposed CNIL amount to a maximum of 150 000 euros. In its official response Friday night, the direction of Google France does not mention the fact that it is challenging the procedure the CNIL, as indicated by the latter. It sticks to repeat word for word the statement that its “privacy policy complies with the European law, and [it] will provide simpler and more effective services.” “We are fully involved throughout the discussions with the CNIL, and will continue to do so,” said a Google spokesman. In June, the CNIL gave a quarter of the U.S. group to address “a series of failures” preventing user “to know the use that may be made of the data and control.” Subject of litigation, the new Google privacy policy which merged in March 2012 sixty usage rules into one, bringing together the information previously separate services, such as Gmail or messaging Google+ community network. The CNIL including Google urged to report the “purpose” of personal data it collects when someone uses their services or surfs on its search engine, and it defines a “shelf life” of the data. She also asked that the group “informed” and demand their prior consent before users install in their devices “cookies”, these cookies files that follow the user to track and provide targeted advertising. The CNIL is not the only one to have Google in its sights: its new privacy rules were attacked with one voice there a year by the 27 European authorities data protection, who all ordered to comply with the European Data Protection Directive. Six of them – France, Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands – have gone further in April and “taken action”, each according to the procedures in force in their country. The British authority Ico, contacted Tuesday stated that its own ultimatum of three months had expired Friday, September 20 and that it “examined” at present “the answer” by Google, without further details. The Spanish authorities for his open hand in June, “a procedure for violation of the fundamental principles of the Spanish legislation on protection of personal data”, and the authority to Hamburg Germany also initiated proceedings Formal against Google.
Six European authorities have taken action
Confidentiality: the CNIL committed against Google sanction proceedings
