France's privacy watchdog fines Microsoft over cookies

FILE PHOTO: A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles, California U.S. November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - France's CNIL privacy watchdog said it had imposed a 60 million euro ($63.88 million) fine against Microsoft Ireland, saying it sanctioned the company for not having put in place a mechanism to let people refuse cookies as easily as accepting them.

($1 = 0.9393 euros)

(Reporting by Tassilo Hummel; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)