The French Data Protection Authority, CNIL, fines companies for GDPR cookie consent violations.
Today, Dec.10, technology giants Google and Amazon got hit with a total fine of $162 million by the French Data Protection Authority, CNIL, for GDPR cookie consent violations.
CNIL fined Google a total of $120 million after an investigation carried out on March 16, 2020, revealed that Google.fr’s website placed advertising cookies automatically on users’ computers without obtaining prior consent from them.
According to the French regulator, Google LLC and Google Ireland were penalized for;
Google’s fine is the biggest ever imposed in France for this type of breach.
In a separate announcement, the French DPA also fined e-commerce giant, Amazon, $42 million after investigations of Amazon.fr’s website between 12 December 2019 and 19 May 2020, revealed that cookies were automatically installed in consumers’ devices without any action required from them.
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Amazon was fined for;
The fines against Google and Amazon were confirmed on CNIL’s website, and they are available in both French and English.
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