FRENCH COURT UPHOLDS $111 MILLION FINE ON GOOGLE FOR ‘COOKIE’ BREACH

Sun 30 January 2022:

On Friday, France maintained its decision to penalize Google $111 million for the ‘Cookie’ breach. The country’s highest administrative court, the Conseil d’Etat, rendered the decision.

The penalties levied by France’s National Commission for Information Technology and Freedom (CNIL) data protection body was proportionate, according to the court. “The Conseil d’Etat therefore rejects Google’s demand to annul the sanction,” it said.

In January, France fined Facebook and Google USD 237 million for their use of “cookies.”
Cookies and data are used to track users’ online activities.

The amount issued on Google was a CNIL record, surpassing the company’s previous cookie-related sanction of 100 million euros in December 2020.

At that time Google told AFP that it would change its practices following the ruling.

“In accordance with the expectations of internet users… we are committed to implementing new changes, as well as to working actively with CNIL in response to its decision,” the US firm said in a statement.

When a person visits a website, cookies are small data packets that are stored on their computer, allowing web browsers to save information about their experience.

They’re extremely significant to Google and Facebook as a way to personalize advertising, which is their core revenue stream.

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