Finalfine · ePrivacy (cookie consent)
CNIL fines Google €150M over hard-to-refuse cookies
€150M
≈ $162M at the time
CNIL
France · 2022
Status: Final
What happened
The CNIL found that Google made refusing cookies far harder than accepting them, a dark-pattern design that did not amount to valid consent.
How it affected users
Users were nudged into tracking because the reject option required more steps than a single click to accept.
Status timeline
Jan 6, 2022
Penalty announced.
Sources
- CNIL (France) sanctionsregulator
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Cite this entry
Deepak Gupta, "CNIL fines Google €150M over hard-to-refuse cookies," Tech Fines Directory, guptadeepak.com, 2022-01-06. https://guptadeepak.com/tech-fines/violation/google-france-cookies-2021/