Technology News Alert: E.U. tells Google that privacy policy could violate laws, asks for delay

	Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:10:23 PM TECHNOLOGY NEWS ALERT E.U. tells Google that privacy policy could violate laws, asks for delay European regulators on Tuesday warned Google that its new privacy policy set to take effect Thursday appears to violate privacy rules, and they asked the search giant to delay the changes. In a letter to Google chief executive Larry Page, France's data protection agency (CNIL) officials said on behalf of European Union members that, after a preliminary review of the company's privacy policy changes, "Google's new policy does not meet the requirements of the European Directive on Data Protection." In a response to the letter, Google declined to delay the launch of the new policy and said it has been reaching out to regulators. Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/eu-tells-google-privacy-policy-could-violate-laws-asks-for-delay/2012/02/28/gIQAj5hCgR_blog.html Or visit washingtonpost.com/business/technology. SEND TO A FRIEND UNSUBSCRIBE E-MAIL CENTER GET HELP Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071 ©2011 The Washington Post Privacy Policy