Google Fined $379 Million by French Regulator for Cookie Consent Violations
Summary: France's CNIL fined Google $379 million (€325 million) and Shein $175 million (€150 million) for setting advertising cookies on users' browsers without valid consent, a violation of the French Data Protection Act (Article 82). The CNIL said Google encouraged users creating accounts to pick personalized-ad cookies over generic ones and did not clearly inform them that advertising cookies were a condition of accessing its services, and it ordered compliance within six months or penalties of €100,000 per day.
Why it matters: The regulator found that even after Google added a cookie-refusal option in October 2023, the lack of informed consent persisted - a reminder that a consent banner on the screen is not the same as consent that holds up, and the meter here runs at €100,000 per day.
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