European Union regulators have demanded that Googlesubstantially change its controversial privacy policies or risk fines, a move that threatens to slow the US search company’s introduction of new products and advertising schemes in Europe.
European privacy watchdogs said a probe led by the French regulator CNIL showed that Google failed to provide users with adequate information about how their personal data were being used across the US group’s different platforms.
Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, CNIL’s chairwoman, said that unless Google implements the recommended changes within three to four months, the dispute will “move on to another phase, which is a sanctions phase”.