France has effectively closed a loop - hole that had allowed Google to avoid removing content that had been subject to a " link removal request " . This leaves Google no room to manoeuvre in France , meaning that it will face fines of up to € 150,000 for a first offence , and € 300,000 thereafter . Sophos Home protects every Mac and PC in your home Google had been assured that by removing the content from its European web search engines ( google.fr , google.co.uk , ... ) it was in compliance , despite leaving the content visible on google.com .
France has effectively closed a loop - hole that had allowed Google to avoid removing content that had been subject to a " link removal request " . This leaves Google no room to manoeuvre in France , meaning that it will face fines of up to € 150,000 for a first offence , and € 300,000 thereafter . Google had been assured that by removing the content from its European web search engines ( google.fr , google.co.uk , ... ) it was in compliance , despite leaving the content visible on google.com .