Security News > 2020 > December > France Fines Google, Amazon 135 Mn Euros

France's CNIL data privacy watchdog slapped 135 million euros in fines on US tech titans Google and Amazon for placing advertising cookies on users' computers without consent.

The 100-million-euro fine against Google is the largest sanction the regulator has ever imposed, which it justified by the fact 90 percent of French internet users use the firm's search engine.

CNIL said the fines were "For having placed advertising cookies on the computers of users ... without obtaining prior consent and without providing adequate information."

It faulted Google for providing insufficient privacy information for users as it did not let them know about the cookies which had been placed and that the procedure to block them still left one operational.

CNIL imposed fines of 60 million euros on Google LLC and 40 million euros on Google Ireland Limited.

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