Google Faces German Order to Change Handling of Personal Data
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Google Inc. is having another run-in with European regulators over the protection of personal data.
This time, the operator of the biggest Internet search engine is violating German rules by compiling customers’ data without asking for their consent, according to Johannes Caspar, who heads the data protection office for the German state of Hamburg. The agency plans to order Google to change its data-handling practices in the coming weeks, he said.