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Dutch DPA Announces Potential $18.5 Million Fine on Google

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) imposed an “incremental penalty payment” on Google, which could exceed $18.5 million, said a Dutch DPA blog post Monday. The Dutch DPA said Google is "acting in breach of several provisions of the Dutch…

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data protection act with its new privacy policy, introduced in 2012.” A study by the DPA found that “Google combines personal data of internet users, amongst others to display personalised ads,” said the blog post. The DPA listed a set of privacy changes Google should enact by February. Google didn’t comment.