Google was found guilty of violating Italian privacy laws. The Italian court held three (3) Google executives criminally liable for making video available that shows kids bullying a third kid. Prosecutors may have successfully argued that Google is not a service provider (and protected by EU law), but rather is a content provider because of the numerous ways that Google “touches” its users. The amount of user data Google collects raises the level of duty owed to its users, making an invasion of privacy charge stick, prosecutors argued.
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