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<div><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">With reference to piracy of data, Google has accepted a huge fine through the court orders. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Google<SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN>paid<SPAN style="COLOR: black"> a near-record $500 million criminal forfeiture penalty. He also was ordered to pay the cost of pirated material. Thus, in return, Google got the ownership of the data and contents of the Users. Google is making them </SPAN>pay for their material and getting ownership rights legally through a middle company.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Louis Pouzin (well) <pouzin@well.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Marie Georges <marie.georges@noos.fr> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 4:16<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [governance] Google Caught Tracking Safari Users: What You Need to Know<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV class=yiv1344251872im><BR>On 20.02.12 15:07, Louis Pouzin (well) wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=yiv1344251872im>Using information collected illegally doesn't make its use legal. It doesn't matter whether or not a fly by night company was used as a stooge. Google knew very well they were violating privacy laws. Since the only thing they care of is money, the appropriate reaction should be a fine, in the range of one month revenue.<BR></DIV>- - -<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=yiv1344251872gmail_quote></BLOCKQUOTE>On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 16:58, Daniel Kalchev <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:daniel@digsys.bg" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:daniel@digsys.bg">daniel@digsys.bg</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>Indeed. But -- has this happened to Google? This is certainly not the first time they are suspected to collect private information.<BR><BR>If no such actions are effected on Google, then apparently someone wants Google to operate this way... which is actually worse, than one company's greed.<BR></DIV><FONT color=#888888>- - -<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV> </DIV>Last year Google was fined €100,000 in France. Also it was under threat of €1,000,000 fine by the Dutch Data Protection Authority. Less than a 7-digit fine is just trifle for Google.<BR><BR>As Marie noted, more expeditious penalties would be more effective.<BR><BR>Louis<BR><BR>see pdf attachments in English<BR><BR><A href="http://www.cnil.fr/la-cnil/actu-cnil/article/article/google-street-view-la-cnil-prononce-une-amende-de-100-000-euros/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.cnil.fr/la-cnil/actu-cnil/article/article/google-street-view-la-cnil-prononce-une-amende-de-100-000-euros/</A><BR><BR><A href="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=fr&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.fr&sl=fr&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.numerama.com/magazine/imprimer/18612-pays-bas-google-street-view-risque-une-amende-d-un-million-d-euros.html&usg=ALkJrhiqfI-5SPT8fe-GiIlc-RzkBxQ4LA" rel=nofollow
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