How Google lost the trust of Europe’s Data Protection Authorities
Over the last two years, various European Data Protection Commissioners have taken action against Google. Hardly a month goes by without something being reported: a €145,000 StreetView fine here or a court case about jurisdiction there. So it is important to understand: “why is Google on the receiving end all this enforcement action?”. Why now, and not five years ago? What has changed? From Europe’s Data Protection Commissioners perspective, there is a collective recognition that Google has given them the




