LONDON — After European policymakers adopted a sweeping new data privacy law last year, the big question has been how regulators would use their new powers against the world’s most powerful technology companies. The first major example came on Monday, when the French data protection authority announced that it had fined Google 50 million euros, or about $57 million, for not properly disclosing to users how data is collected across its services, including its search engine, Google Maps and YouTube, in order to present personalized advertisements. Facebook is also the subject of a number of investigations by the data protection authorities in Europe. Google said it was determining whether to appeal the decision. “People expect high standards of transparency and control from us,” a Google spokesman said.

Source: New York Times January 21, 2019 16:18 UTC