France’s data privacy watchdog said Thursday
it has fined Google 100 millions euros ($121
million) and Amazon 35 million euros ($42
million) for breaching the country’s rules on
advertising cookies.
The CNIL said in a statement that the French
websites of both companies did not request
prior consent from internet users about trackers,
or cookies, that were automatically saved on
computers for advertising purposes.
It said Google and Amazon also failed to provide
clear information to users about the purposes of
these cookies and how they might refuse them.
The CNIL noted that both companies made
changes to their websites in September, yet
said efforts were not sufficient to be in line with
French rules.