Google Risks Fines After Dutch Issue Privacy Ultimatum
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Google Inc. faces a third round of European fines after Dutch data regulators issued an ultimatum ordering the search-engine giant to improve its revamped privacy policy.
Google may be be fined as much as 15 million euros ($18.7 million) if it fails to meet an end-February 2015 deadline to comply with Dutch demands. These include asking users for their “unambiguous consent” and that they are given “clear and consistent information” about the way personal information is being used, the Netherlands authority said in an e-mailed statement today.