In France, they condemned Google for unfair terms

The Paris High Court has condemned Google to pay 30 000 euros to the consumer badociation UFC-Que Choisir, which had denounced the existence of unfair clauses in the general conditions of use of the search engine.

UFC-Que Choisir spread thisafter five years of process, this sentence, which can be appealed, This is an important step forward for consumers"

The badociation initiated the complaint in 2014 to recognize the abusive or illegal nature of 209 clauses included in their terms of use or privacy rules.

A Google spokesperson explained that this sentence was about the consumer version of Google+, a social network that will be closed in April. "Our goal is to always give users more transparency and control in their interactions with Google," he added.

The Court pointed out that the set of clauses at issue was not accessible to the consumer "for several years" and condemned Google to deliver 30 000 euros at UFC-Que Choose for the "moral prejudice caused to the collective interest of consumers"

That's the same number that the court sentenced to Twitter in August after a complaint was also filed by this consumer body for "abusive" clauses, while the procedure against Facebook is still opened.