Google hit with 150 million euro French fine for cookie breaches

By Mathieu Rosemain
FILE PHOTO A 3D printed Facebooks new rebrand logo Meta is seen in front of displayed Google logo in this illustration taken on November 2 2021. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustration

FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen in front of displayed Google logo in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

PARIS (Reuters) - France's data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet's Google a record 150 million euros ($169 million) for making it difficult for internet users to refuse online trackers known as cookies.

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

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