Paris, Jan. 5 (BNA): French regulators on Thursday fined Google and Facebook with a total amount of more than 200 million euros ($226 million) for not facilitating people’s exit from online tracking as they do for admission. He. She.
Data privacy watchdog CNIL said its investigations found that while online giants in the US gave French users a single button to instantly accept cookies, there was no equally simple way for them to decline because “several clicks are required to reject all cookies”. identification link.”
Cookies are extracts of code used to target Internet users for digital advertising and for other purposes. European governments have stricter regulations than the United States which requires websites to seek permission before tracking user activity.
That means people encounter popups when they visit new websites, but there is a growing concern that many are configured to make them confusing or boring if they don’t want to give their consent, according to the Associated Press.
CNIL said that visitors to Facebook, the French Google homepage and YouTube were urged to consent, meaning that they did not give their consent freely, a violation of French data protection rules.
The French watchdog imposed a fine of 150 million euros ($170 million) on Google, and imposed a fine on Facebook of 60 million euros ($68 million). It also threatened daily fines of 100,000 euros if it did not make it easier for users in France to refuse cookies within three months.
Facebook, which has been renamed Meta, said it was reviewing the decision and committed to working with the authorities.
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