France court orders Google to halt news search scheme which might suppress some media articles
4 months ago

France court orders Google to halt news search scheme which might suppress some media articles

Firstpost  

The Paris commercial court was ruling on an emergency injunction sought by the SEPM union that represents magazine staff in France A court in Paris ordered Google to halt its news search project which many claimed is intended to surpress media articles. Image Credit: Reuters A Paris court on Wednesday ordered Google to halt a project that would allegedly see the search giant suppress some media articles in search results. The Paris court on Wednesday ordered US-based Google LLC, Google Ireland and Google France “to not proceed to test” the reported scheme or risk a fine of “300,000 euros each”, according to the court order seen by AFP. Google said it was “surprised” by SEPM’s stance, saying it was seeking to collect data because “independent administrative authorities and press publishers have asked us for more information on the impact of the display of news content in our search engine.”

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French media sue Google for $1.1 billion over advertising
5 months, 3 weeks ago

French media sue Google for $1.1 billion over advertising

New Indian Express  

Paris: Seven French media groups plan to sue Google seeking more than 1 billion euros for alleged anti-competitive practices in online advertising, a report said Friday. The move comes after the French competition watchdog fined Google 220 million euros in June 2021 for favouring its own services in the online advertising sector. The French competition authority has stated that Google …

Google fined €250 million in France over dispute with news publishers
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Google fined €250 million in France over dispute with news publishers

Live Mint  

France’s competition watchdog fined Google 250 million euros, saying the search giant breached some commitments it made to negotiate license deals with an array of news publishers in the country. The Alphabet unit has for years been in the cross hairs of the French competition authority over its use of news publishers’ content in search results and, in 2022, Google …

France fines Google over search, app store results
1 year, 8 months ago

France fines Google over search, app store results

The Hindu  

French authorities imposed a two-million-euro fine on Google on Tuesday over incomplete results in its search engine and app store. The Competition, Consumer and Anti-Fraud Office said the U.S. tech giant's search engine lacked information concerning the ranking criteria of results. The Google Play Store, it added, also lacked information on the ranking criteria of results, payment information and dispute …

Google resolves French copyright dispute over online content
2 years, 8 months ago

Google resolves French copyright dispute over online content

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google has committed to resolving a copyright dispute in France over online content, the country's antitrust authority said on Tuesday, as pressure mounts for big tech platforms to share more of their revenue with news outlets. Media outlets ‘deprived of potential revenue stream’ News publishers had argued that the rise of Google's ad sales online was underpinned by …

Google urges court to scrap $1.6 billion EU antitrust fine
2 years, 10 months ago

Google urges court to scrap $1.6 billion EU antitrust fine

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google on Monday urged Europe's second-highest court to dismiss a 1.49-billion-euro fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators three years ago for hindering rivals in online search advertising. The European Commission in its 2019 decision said Google had abused its dominance to stop websites using brokers other than its AdSense platform which provided search adverts. The EU competition enforcer's …

Google, Meta fined by France for cookie breach
3 years, 2 months ago

Google, Meta fined by France for cookie breach

The Hindu  

France's data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet's Google 150 million euros for making it difficult for internet users to refuse online trackers known as cookies. "The CNIL has found that the facebook.com, google.fr and youtube.com websites do not allow to refuse cookies as easily as it is to accept them", the watchdog said in a …

Google Fined $592 Million In France For Breaching Copyright Of News Publishers
3 years, 8 months ago

Google Fined $592 Million In France For Breaching Copyright Of News Publishers

ABP News  

Paris: Technology conglomerate Google Inc on Tuesday was fined $592 million by France's competition regulator for allegedly violating orders to negotiate paid deals with French publishers. According to reports, the agency has even warned Google to come up with proposals within two months on how it will compensate news producers or it will levy a fine of another 900,000 euros …

Google fined 500 mln euros by France’s antirust regulator
3 years, 8 months ago

Google fined 500 mln euros by France’s antirust regulator

The Hindu  

France's antitrust watchdog slapped a 500 million euro fine on Alphabet's Google on Tuesday for failing to comply fully with temporary orders the regulator had given in a row with the country's news publishers. News publishers APIG, SEPM and AFP accuse the tech company of having failed to open talks in good faith with them to find common ground for …

France fines Google for abusing ‘dominant’ ads position
3 years, 9 months ago

France fines Google for abusing ‘dominant’ ads position

Associated Press  

PARIS — Google is being fined 220 million euros by France’s antitrust watchdog for abusing its ‘dominant’ position in online advertising. Google’s advertising practices have harmed its competitors along with publishers of mobile websites and applications, the French Competition Authority said Monday. The head of the authority, Isabelle de Silva, said the decision was unprecedented in the way that it …

Google fined $270 million in France for unfair advertising practices
3 years, 9 months ago

Google fined $270 million in France for unfair advertising practices

CNN  

London CNN Business — Google will pay a €220 million fine and make changes to its huge online advertising business as part of an antitrust settlement with French regulators. In a statement on Monday, France’s competition authority said it had fined Google “for abusing its dominant position” in the market for online advertising to the detriment of rival platforms and …

French antitrust investigators say Google breached its orders on talks with news publishers
4 years ago

French antitrust investigators say Google breached its orders on talks with news publishers

The Hindu  

French antitrust investigators have accused Alphabet Inc's Google of failing to comply with the state competition authority's orders on how to conduct negotiations with news publishers over copyright, two sources who read the investigators' report said. This comes amid complaints by French news publishers that Google failed to hold talks with them in good faith to find an agreement. The …

Google fined $1 million for misleading French hotel rankings
4 years, 1 month ago

Google fined $1 million for misleading French hotel rankings

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google has agreed to pay …

Google's $76 million deal with French publishers leaves many outlets infuriated
4 years, 1 month ago

Google's $76 million deal with French publishers leaves many outlets infuriated

The Hindu  

Alphabet Inc's Google has agreed to pay $76 million over three years to a group of 121 French news publishers to end a more than year-long copyright spat, documents seen by Reuters show. Publishers in other countries will scrutinise the French agreement, the highest-profile in the world under Google's new program to provide compensation for news snippets used in search …

Copyright spat: Google to pay $76m to French news publishers
4 years, 1 month ago

Copyright spat: Google to pay $76m to French news publishers

Al Jazeera  

Documents reviewed by Reuters news agency show Google is ready to pay $22m each year to 121 French news publications. Alphabet Inc’s Google has agreed to pay $76m over three years to a group of French news publishers to end a more than year-long copyright spat, documents seen by Reuters news agency show, a deal one news publishers’ lobby deemed …

French court: Google must open payment talks with publishers
4 years, 5 months ago

French court: Google must open payment talks with publishers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A French appeals court upheld …

Google, pay: on re-use of news content
4 years, 11 months ago

Google, pay: on re-use of news content

The Hindu  

Last week’s ruling by France’s competition regulator that Google must pay news publishers and agencies for re-use of their content marks a significant turn in what has been a see-saw battle between European regulators and publishers on the one hand and the tech giant on the other. Over the last two decades, even as publishers across the world struggled to …

Google not required to apply 'right to be forgotten' worldwide: European Court of Justice
5 years, 5 months ago

Google not required to apply 'right to be forgotten' worldwide: European Court of Justice

The Hindu  

Google won its fight against tougher “right to be forgotten” rules after Europe's top court said on Tuesday it does not have to remove links to sensitive personal data worldwide, rejecting a French demand. The case is seen as a test of whether Europe can extend its laws beyond its borders and whether individuals can demand the removal of personal …

Google does not have to grant a ‘right to be forgotten’ outside the EU
5 years, 5 months ago

Google does not have to grant a ‘right to be forgotten’ outside the EU

CNN  

London CNN Business — Europe’s top court has imposed new geographic limits on the “right to be forgotten,” saying that in most cases it should apply only within the European Union. “Since 2014, we’ve worked hard to implement the right to be forgotten in Europe, and to strike a sensible balance between people’s rights of access to information and privacy,” …

France slaps $56.8 million fine on Google
6 years, 1 month ago

France slaps $56.8 million fine on Google

Live Mint  

Alphabet Inc.’s Google was at the receiving end of a hefty fine of €50 million by France’s privacy regulator, which used its new powers to levy much higher penalties for the first time under European Union data protection rules. France’s data authority Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés said the amount of the fine was “justified by the severity …

Google fined £44m for breaching EU privacy laws
6 years, 1 month ago

Google fined £44m for breaching EU privacy laws

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google has been fined €50m …

EU competition chief holds threat of breaking up Google
6 years, 11 months ago

EU competition chief holds threat of breaking up Google

The Telegraph  

The European Union harbours “grave suspicions” about the dominance of Google and has not ruled out breaking it up, the bloc’s competition commissioner has warned. In June last year, the Danish commissioner hit Google with a record £2.1 billion fine – which the firm is appealing against – for giving its own comparison shopping service an illegal advantage in search …

France to take action against Google, Apple for commercial practices
7 years ago

France to take action against Google, Apple for commercial practices

Live Mint  

Paris: France will take legal action against Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Apple Inc. for “abusive commercial practices," finance minister Bruno Le Maire said Wednesday, accusing them of taking advantage of French developers. “I learned that when developers develop their applications, and sell to Google and Apple, their prices are imposed, Google and Apple take all their data, Google and Apple …

French court refers the 'right to be forgotten' battle with Google to EU court
7 years, 7 months ago

French court refers the 'right to be forgotten' battle with Google to EU court

Firstpost  

The case had previously erupted in 2014, where Google complied with European Commission of the Court of Justice’ ‘right to be forgotten’ in all European countries, but not globally. The French Court on Wednesday, 20 July, referred the ‘right to be forgotten’ issue between Google and French Data Protection Authority, to the Court of Justice of the European Union. As …

Google stares at European Union fine over search engine dominance charge
7 years, 9 months ago

Google stares at European Union fine over search engine dominance charge

The Hindu  

Accused of manipulating its search engine results to favour its new shopping service, search engine Google may face a record-breaking fine from Brussels of nearly $1.1 billion, media reported on Friday. “In July last, the European Commission had reiterated its belief that the search giant had abused its dominant position by systematically favouring its comparison shopping service in its search …

Google 'faces' record EU fine for abusing its search engine dominance
7 years, 9 months ago

Google 'faces' record EU fine for abusing its search engine dominance

India TV News  

Search engine giant Google is facing a record-breaking fine in excess of $1 billion from the European Union for manipulating its search engine results to favour its new shopping service, reports said. In July last year, the EU had reiterated that the search giant had “abused its dominant position by systematically favouring its comparison shopping service in its search result …

France fines Google 100,000 euros over 'right to be forgotten'
8 years, 11 months ago

France fines Google 100,000 euros over 'right to be forgotten'

Firstpost  

The French data protection authority said it has fined Google 100,000 euros for not scrubbing web search results widely enough in response to a European privacy ruling. In May 2014 the European Court of Justice ruled that people could ask search engines, such as Google and Microsoft’s Bing, to remove inadequate or irrelevant information from web results appearing under searches …

France’s Privacy Regulators Want to Dictate What You (Yes, You!) Can Find Online
9 years, 5 months ago

France’s Privacy Regulators Want to Dictate What You (Yes, You!) Can Find Online

Slate  

Whether you’re an American sitting at a laptop in Hawaii or a Japanese citizen using your smartphone in Kyoto, French privacy regulators believe they have the authority to block search results you otherwise might receive on Google.com or Google.jp. Google’s running transparency report on “European privacy requests for search removals” reveals that, as of Monday, there were nearly 67,000 French …

French watchdog pressures Google on right 'to be forgotten'
9 years, 9 months ago

French watchdog pressures Google on right 'to be forgotten'

Firstpost  

Google must scrub search results worldwide when it agrees to requests from users to be “forgotten”, rather than just from European versions of its website, France’s data protection regulator said on Friday. But EU data protection watchdogs, many legal experts and former German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, who has advised Google on privacy following the European ruling, think it should …

French privacy agency orders Google to remove global links
9 years, 9 months ago

French privacy agency orders Google to remove global links

Associated Press  

PARIS — France’s data privacy agency ordered Google to remove search results worldwide upon request, giving the company two weeks to apply the “right to be forgotten” globally. Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, president of CNIL, said the order to remove search results globally “is only telling international companies that operate in Europe that they must conform to European law.” Google said it …

Google starts blocking Europe links after 70,000 'right to be forgotten' requests
10 years, 8 months ago

Google starts blocking Europe links after 70,000 'right to be forgotten' requests

Firstpost  

Google said it had received 70,000 requests since it put a form online on 30 May as a result of the ruling by the European Court of Justice. More than 70,000 people have already asked Google to delete links about them under Europe’s “right to be forgotten” ruling, with some of the worlds biggest news sites the first to be …

French court orders Google to display fine for privacy breach
11 years, 1 month ago

French court orders Google to display fine for privacy breach

Firstpost  

Google will have to display on its French search page a notice saying it has been fined by the local data-protection watchdog over how user information is tracked and stored, France’s top administrative court ruled on Friday. The U.S. search engine said it would comply with the order but would keep fighting the 150,000-euro fine issued last month by privacy …

France fines Google €150,000 over data privacy violations
11 years, 2 months ago

France fines Google €150,000 over data privacy violations

Firstpost  

Paris: France’s data protection watchdog has fined Google 150,000 euros after the U.S. search engine ignored a three-month ultimatum to bring its practices on tracking and storing user information in line with local law. The privacy watchdog, known as CNIL, has also ordered Google to post the decision on its google.fr homepage for 48 hours within eight days of being …

France considering 'culture tax' for Apple, Google products – Firstpost
11 years, 10 months ago

France considering 'culture tax' for Apple, Google products – Firstpost

Firstpost  

French president Francois Hollande will decide by the end of July whether France should impose new taxes on technology giants like Apple and Google to finance cultural projects. President Francois Hollande will decide by the end of July whether France should impose new taxes on technology giants like Apple and Google to finance cultural projects, a move that could feed …

Six EU nations challenge Google on privacy
11 years, 11 months ago

Six EU nations challenge Google on privacy

Firstpost  

Agencies in six European nations will take legal action against Internet giant Google for failing to rectify problems with its privacy policy Agencies in six European nations will take legal action against Internet giant Google for failing to rectify problems with its privacy policy, France’s National Commission on Information Technology and Freedom, known as CNIL, said. As Google failed to …

Google to pay $82 million to support digital publishing in France
12 years, 1 month ago

Google to pay $82 million to support digital publishing in France

LA Times  

French President Francois Hollande, right, meets with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Google has agreed to pay $82 million to support “digital publishing initiatives” at French newspapers and other publishers under an agreement announced Friday. The investment is part of a deal between the company and the French government that ends a dispute over …

France considers law forcing Google to pay for linking news
12 years, 4 months ago

France considers law forcing Google to pay for linking news

Firstpost  

President Francois Hollande told Google’s chief executive on Monday that France would legislate to force the web search engine to pay for displaying … President Francois Hollande told Google’s chief executive on Monday that France would legislate to force the web search engine to pay for displaying links to news articles unless it struck a deal with French media outlets. …

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