Google, Amazon fined $163 million by French privacy watchdog

Google, Amazon fined $163 million by French privacy watchdog

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https://apnews.com/968cd5ff8954d0ed4be61c4a34f7bb5a

PARIS (AP) — France’s data privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined Google 100 millions euros ($121 million) and Amazon 35 million euros ($42 million) for breaching the country’s rules on advertising cookies.

The CNIL said in a statement that the French websites of both companies did not request prior consent from internet users about trackers, or cookies, that were automatically saved on computers for advertising purposes.

Google, Amazon fined $163 million by French privacy watchdog

Dec 10, 2020, 4:39pm UTC
https://apnews.com/968cd5ff8954d0ed4be61c4a34f7bb5a > PARIS (AP) — France’s data privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined Google 100 millions euros ($121 million) and Amazon 35 million euros ($42 million) for breaching the country’s rules on advertising cookies. > The CNIL said in a statement that the French websites of both companies did not request prior consent from internet users about trackers, or cookies, that were automatically saved on computers for advertising purposes.