The search giant could be fined over its privacy policy change

Apr 2, 2013 21:51 GMT  ·  By

After Microsoft, another tech giant has to deal with the long arm of the law in Europe, this time for problems concerning some privacy changes rolled out earlier this year.

The United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, France and the Netherlands will all investigate Google, after the Mountain View-based company refused to roll back some changes it made to its privacy policy in March, so the case could end up with a fine for the search company.

Microsoft is one of the companies that criticized Google for its privacy guidelines with every single occasion, and the software maker even launched the Scroogled campaign to show everyone that Google is violating users’ privacy with some of its services.

In addition, Microsoft has recently received a fine in Europe after failing to comply with anti-trust regulations, with sources familiar with the matter hinting that Google was one of the companies that tipped off EU authorities over Microsoft’s failure to provide users with a browser choice screen.

It remains to be seen whether Google will be fined or not, but one thing is for sure: this is Microsoft eagerly anticipated revenge, so don’t be too surprised if the company launches a new anti-Google effort these days.