Privacy Fines Continue Across The EU

Google to Pay Millions for Violating the Right to be Forgotten in Sweden. The Swedish data protection authority imposed a fine totaling 7 million Euros on Google for violating the right to be forgotten under the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR").

In an audit conducted by the regulator in 2017, it found that Google did not properly comply with individuals' right to be forgotten from the search engines, and ordered Google to comply. In 2018, after receiving indications that Google had not fully complied with the previously issued order, the regulator initiated a follow-up audit. It found that Google did not properly remove two of the search result listings that the regulator ordered in 2017.