EU Asks Google About Privacy Practices

It was just a matter of time before Google and the tough privacy laws in the European Union bumped heads. An independent European Union panel has sent a letter to Google asking it to address numerous concerns, including storing personal data of its users for up to two years, the Associated Press reported Friday. The EU has some of the strictest privacy laws on the books, much more so than U.S. privacy laws. Google's privacy officer says Google stores user information to protect it from hackers.