[Engadget] Google refuses to pay French antitrust fines

[WanderingTraveler]

Google refuses to pay French privacy fine in a battle of company versus country

Well, looks like the French will want to win this one, to save face against corporations.

 

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Is France not part of EU? Google recently came to an agreeable settlement with EU without a court fight

 

[BIGPADDY]

Is France not part of EU? Google recently came to an agreeable settlement with EU without a court fight

Yes there part of the EU don't know why Google not paying up.

 

[AndyCalling]

Looks like they'll have to send in the gendarmes. Watch out Google execs in the French office...

 

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Yes there part of the EU don't know why Google not paying up.

Ah, I see the confusion now. This thread is titled "anti-trust" but the fine is actually a privacy fine not anti-trust. Google and EU settled the anti-trust case.

 

[WanderingTraveler]

Whoops. Sorry for the confusion. Meant to say "privacy", but I couldn't edit it on my phone.