Google ‘set to break data rules’

Google’s new privacy policy appears to violate the EU’s data protection rules, according to France’s data protection authority.

Google announced its revised policy with much fanfare last month. It regulates how the web giant uses the enormous amounts of personal data it collects through its search engine, email, and other services.

The EU’s data protection authorities are concerned about the privacy effects of the policy and asked French regulator CNIL to investigate them.