London, July 5 : Swedish data protection watchdog has fined two companies for using Google Analytics for web statistics, asking them, along with two more companies it audited, to stop using Google Analytics.

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) audited how four companies use Google Analytics for web statistics.  IMY issued administrative fines against two of the companies. One of the companies has recently stopped using the statistics tool on its own initiative, while IMY orders the other three to also stop using it.