At the initiative of the French CNIL, on 2 April six national data protection authorities have launched an investigation into the compatibility of Google's privacy policy with their countries' provisions implementing the European Data Protection Directive (95/46/CE).
This follows a prior analysis by the Article 29 Working Party and contacts with Google, which have not been able to lead to an agreement on the amendment of the company's privacy policy. The results of the investigations will be known in the coming months.
