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Administrative/Regulatory

Apr. 10, 2015

German privacy commissioner denies Google's appeal

Germany's privacy commissioner denied an appeal by Google Inc. Wednesday, meaning the company will have to attempt to retroactively get permission from users in the country to combine their data from various Google services.


By Joshua Sebold


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Germany's privacy commissioner denied an appeal by Google Inc. Wednesday in a move that will compel the company to attempt to retroactively get permission from German users to combine their data from various Google services.


The EU and its member countries have repeatedly ruled that Google acted inappropriately when it created a bundled privacy policy for all of its services - like YouTube and G...

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