google and Facebook France is facing a combined $235 million fine for cookie tracking, media reported. According to a report citing a document in Politico, the French monitoring commission Nationale d’I’informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) is to fine Google 150 million euros and Facebook 60 million euros for violating French data privacy rules. is planning.
The action is being taken “for failing to allow French users to easily disallow cookie tracking technology,” the report said late Wednesday. Both tech giants will be fined another 100,000 euros per day if they do not resolve the issues within three months. CNIL’s decision is being issued. “We are reviewing the authority’s decision and are committed to working with the relevant authorities,” a META spokesperson said in the report.
“Our cookie consent controls give people more control over their data, including a new settings menu on Facebook and Instagram where people can revisit and manage their decisions at any time,” the spokesperson said. , and we continue to develop and improve these controls.”
Google did not comment on the report.
This is not the first time that the French privacy regulator has fined Big Tech.
In December 2020, CNIL fined Amazon and Google €35 million and €100 million, respectively, for cookie violations under e-privacy rules.
The watchdog also fined Google 50 million euros under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
According to a ZDNet report, WhatsApp was fined 225 million euros in September last year for “not being transparent about how it shared data with its parent company”.
Facebook is also facing millions of fines for violating GDPR privacy rules regarding deceptive data collection policies.
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