An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
PARIS: France's data protection watchdog fined Alphabet's Google €50mil (US$57mil or RM234.61mil) on Jan 21 for breaching European Union online privacy rules, the biggest such penalty levied against a US tech giant.
The French regulator said the world's biggest search engine lacked transparency and clarity in the way it informs users about its handling of personal data and failed to properly obtain their consent for personalised ads.
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