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France fines Google and Amazon $163M for privacy violations

By Tyler Van Dyke
Published December 10, 2020 3:29pm ET
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France fines Google and Amazon $163M for privacy violations
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France’s privacy regulator announced it fined Amazon and Google more than $163 million for their practices regarding the use of internet cookies.

The Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés, also known as CNIL, found that Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited and Amazon Europe Core violated French data privacy regulations by placing “advertising cookies on users’ computers … without obtaining prior consent and without providing adequate information,” according to the press releases.

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