Finalfine · ePrivacy (cookie consent)
CNIL fines Google €100M over advertising cookies
€100M
≈ $108M at the time
CNIL
France · 2020
Status: Final
What happened
The CNIL fined Google for placing advertising cookies on users' devices without prior consent and without adequate information.
How it affected users
Visitors to Google's French services were tracked for advertising the moment they arrived, before any choice was offered.
Status timeline
Dec 10, 2020
Penalty announced.
Sources
- CNIL (France) sanctionsregulator
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Cite this entry
Deepak Gupta, "CNIL fines Google €100M over advertising cookies," Tech Fines Directory, guptadeepak.com, 2020-12-10. https://guptadeepak.com/tech-fines/violation/google-france-cookies-2020/