Spain Hits Google With $1.2M Fine for 'Illegal' Privacy Violations

Spain's privacy watchdog hit Google with a $1.2 million fine for breaking the country's data protection laws and "seriously infringe citizens' rights."

The Data Protection Agency found Google guilty of three separate violations for collecting information about its users in Spain sharing that data across its services, like search and Google Drive; and not properly informing them of collection practices. Each violation resulted in a fine of 300,000 euros, around $400,000.

Google "doesn't give users enough information about which data it collects, for what purpose it uses the data, it combines data obtained through different services, and it keeps it for an undefined amount of time," the agency said in a statement. Read more...