[governance] Google Caught Tracking Safari Users: What You Need to Know

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

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> On 20.02.12 15:07, Louis Pouzin (well) wrote:
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>> 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.
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>  On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 16:58, Daniel Kalchev <daniel at digsys.bg> wrote:
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> Indeed. But -- has this happened to Google? This is certainly not the
> first time they are suspected to collect private information.
>
> 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.
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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.

As Marie noted, more expeditious penalties would be more effective.

Louis

see pdf attachments in English

http://www.cnil.fr/la-cnil/actu-cnil/article/article/google-street-view-la-cnil-prononce-une-amende-de-100-000-euros/

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
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