High Court refuses to halt data watchdog's Google probe

The six separate complaints were made on behalf of users by consumer agencies in Spain, France, Slovenia, Norway, Greece and the Czech Republic

The search engine company asked the court to cancel an inquiry. Photo: AP/Jeff Chiu

The High Court has refused to halt a probe by Ireland’s data watchdog into complaints about Google’s processing of users’ personal data during its sign-up process.

The search engine company asked the court to cancel an inquiry commencement notice issued by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) in October 2023.