from aljazeera.com: Six European countries, including Frace and Britain, have launched a joint action against Google to get the US Internet giant to scale back on new monitoring powers that watchdogs believe violate EU privacy protection rules.

France’s Cnil data protection agency said in a statement that the concerted action was launched “on the basis of the provisions laid down in their respective national legislation” to force Google to bring its privacy policy in line with European regulations.