France is giving Google three months to be more upfront about the data it collects from users,or be fined. Other European countries arent far behind. Now its up to Google to decide whether the relatively small fines are enough of an incentive to rethink its privacy rules the Internet giant risks a euro 3,00,000 penalty in France. Europes a big market,but one where Google has no serious competition. However,the company does have a reputation problem when it comes to protecting user privacy. Thursdays legal action puts new pressure on Google,which is smarting from criticism over providing customer data to the US as part of its fight against foreign terrorists. ap
