Google is set to be curtailed by European privacy authorities, as they approve measures to limit the Internet giant’s storage of personal information.

An investigation has been approved after EU data protection authorities grew weary of Google’s failure to respond to criticism of its privacy policy, including a failure to guarantee the deletion of personal data after set time periods have expired.

Leading the investigation into Google will be the French National Commission on Computing and Liberty (CNIL), who have the ability to impose injunctions and give warnings.

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