The tech giant has problems after a Dutch privacy watchdog ruled that Google’s way of bringing in personal information from its numerous online services violated Dutch data protection legislation.

The seven-month investigation by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) of Google is finally over and the outfit asked the tech giant to show up at a meeting in order to discuss its concerns.

In response, Google claimed that it provided users of its services with very specific information about the method it would process their personal information. The company insisted that its privacy policy did respect European legislation and let it create simpler, more effective services.

The industry observers point out that the Dutch decision is part of a general concern in the European Union that sensitive information shouldn’t flow into foreign jurisdictions, especially after the United States started insisting that any information which came close to its country could be spied on and analyzed by its spooks.

The chairman of the Dutch Data Protection Authority said that Google spins an invisible web of Dutch personal information, without consent, which is forbidden by law. The outfit points out that the giant fails to properly inform users what kind of personal information it collects and combines, and what for.