https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/01/21/france-fines-google-nearly-57-million-for-first-major-violation-of-new-european-privacy-regime-2/ > By Tony Romm, The Washington Post > Google has been fined nearly $57 million by French regulators for violating Europe’s tough new data-privacy rules, marking the first major penalty brought against a U.S. technology giant since the region-wide regulations took effect last year.