France gives Google 15-day ultimatum against privacy violation
A French privacy watchdog, the CNIL, has given an ultimatum to Google to extend the European “right to be forgotten” regulations worldwide or be ready to face sanctions.
“If Google Inc does not comply with the formal notice within the fifteen days the President will be in position to nominate a Rapporteur to draft a report recommending to the CNIL Select Committee (the Committee in charge of imposing sanctions in case of violation of the French data protection law) to impose a sanction to the company,” the CNIL notice reads.
In 2014, the European Union had passed the right to delisting that allowed individuals to request search engines to remove results that get generated upon entering their names or credentials. The search engines were then required to review the requests and grant them if found legitimate.
The CNIL found that Google has merely been removing links from appearing in European search results, while they were still available on the global site in a clear violation to the ruling passed by the Court of Justice of the European Union.
While the search engine giant may have ruffled some feathers it data protection domain, it maintains that it has always been complying to the law of the land.
Google released the following statement:
“We’ve been working hard to strike the right balance in implementing the European Court’s ruling, co-operating closely with data protection authorities. The ruling focused on services directed to European users, and that’s the approach we are taking in complying with it.”
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