Follow Spain Property Immigration and Life in Spain: The Spanish Data Protection Agency announced on December 23 that Google violated the country's personal data protection law and was fined 900,000 Euros. The main reason is that Google integrated personal information from multiple online services without informing users.
The Spanish Data Protection Agency stated in a statement that our investigation found that Google obtained and integrated users' personal information through nearly a hundred services and products provided to Spanish users, but did not inform users that their personal information would be collected, nor did it obtain users' consent.
In November, the Dutch Data Protection Authority also stated that such behavior by Google violates the country's data privacy law. In September of this year, France nearly imposed fines on American internet companies for similar reasons. Additionally, at least three other European countries are still investigating Google.
From these incidents, we can see that European countries are concerned about the privacy of their citizens when using cloud information and online services managed by foreign entities, as such online services can expose personal information online, making the term "privacy" feel hollow.
