AFP reports:
Google said Wednesday it had appealed a decision by France’s data protection watchdog to fine the US giant 150,000 euros ($204,000) — the maximum possible — for failing to comply with its privacy guidelines.
The fine last week, though tiny for a group that made $15 billion in one quarter last year, is the regulator’s biggest ever and follows in the wake of other European nations cracking down on Google’s increasingly controversial privacy polices.
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