The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. February 19, 2013 European Regulators to Crack Down on Google over Privacy Policy ---------------------------------------------------------------- European regulators have announced plans to crack down on Internet search firm Google in the coming months over its controversial privacy policy. Google gathers user data across its services, including You Tube and Gmail, and bars users from opting out. Regulators see the practice as a potential threat to individual privacy. .