Google+ Flaw Sparks German Privacy Probe
- German watchdog opens probe, Irish regulator seeks more detail
- EU regulators weren’t informed about reported data glitch
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google faces at least one European privacy probe in the wake of revelations it kept quiet for months about a “software glitch” in its Google+ social network.
Johannes Caspar, data protection commissioner in Hamburg, Germany, said his agency has started investigating the matter, that could have exposed the personal data of as many as half a million users.