The U.S. company is breaching the country's data protection act by using
people's private information such as browsing history and location data
to target them with customised ads, the Data Protection Authority (DPA)
said.
The regulator gave Google until the end of February to change how it handles the data it collects from individual web users.
The company's handling of user data under its new privacy guidelines, introduced in 2012, has also been under investigation in five other European countries – France, Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain.
"This has been ongoing since 2012 and we hope our patience will no longer be tested," said Jacob Kohnstamm, chairman of the Dutch DPA.
The regulator gave Google until the end of February to change how it handles the data it collects from individual web users.
The company's handling of user data under its new privacy guidelines, introduced in 2012, has also been under investigation in five other European countries – France, Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain.
"This has been ongoing since 2012 and we hope our patience will no longer be tested," said Jacob Kohnstamm, chairman of the Dutch DPA.
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