Google posts large privacy violation notice on French homepage

A French court refused Google’s last-minute plea to suspend an order imposed by a privacy watchdog, meaning the search giant has to post a notice on its homepage for a period of 48 hours informing users that the company was fined €150,000 ($204,000) for violating data collection laws. Google complied with the order. The French Court explained that Google had failed to show the order would cause permanent damage to its financial interests or its reputation. It added that Google had failed to show that that the privacy agency’s order was illegal, or that the public interest would be harmed by going forward with the order.