Google, Amazon fined US$163mil by French data watchdog


Google and Amazon were given a three-month ultimatum to make changes to the information they provide to users, or face additional daily fines of €100,000 (RM490,671). — Reuters

Google racked up another record fine in the European Union, this time a €100mil (RM490.67mil) penalty from France’s privacy watchdog over the way it manages cookies on its search engine.

CNIL, France’s data protection authority, also slapped online shopping giant Amazon.com Inc with a €35mil (RM171.7mil) fine for placing cookies, which are tracking devices, on people’s computers without their consent, according to a statement on Dec 10.

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