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Google hit with 150 million euro French fine for cookie breaches

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France’s privacy watchdog CNIL announced Thursday that it had made a fine Alphabet’sGoogle spent a record 150 millions euros ($169 Million) to make it harder for Internet users not to accept online tracking known as cookies.

Meta Platforms‘ Facebook was also fined 60 million euros for the same reason, the CNIL said.

The CNIL stated that it found out that facebook.com and google.fr websites don’t allow users to reject cookies as easy as accepting them.

According to the authority, they had three months for compliance or risk a 100,000 euro penalty per day.

This includes the obligation that Facebook and Google provide easier options for French internet users to decline cookies.

CNIL claimed that, while Google and Facebook had provided a virtual option to accept cookies right away, it was not possible to deny them.

People trust us to protect their privacy and keep them safe. A Google spokesperson explained that they are fully aware of their responsibility in protecting this trust.

Facebook has not yet responded to the request for comment.

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