![]() ![]() We’re studying the decision to determine our next steps," the company said. We’re deeply committed to meeting those expectations and the consent requirements of the G.D.P.R. “People expect high standards of transparency and control from us. Google told the press on Monday it was deliberating whether or not it would appeal the fine. The BEUC filed a complaint against Google in November saying Google lacked valid consent and a valid legal basis to collect users' tracking data.ĬNIL’s fine is based on previous complaints from two groups, Austria's None Of Your Business (NOYB) and France's citizen advocacy group La Quadrature du Net (“LQDN”). Some of CNIL's complaints regarding how difficult Google makes it for users to access information on how data is collected have been previously outlined by the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC). “The amount decided, and the publicity of the fine, are justified by the severity of the infringements observed regarding the essential principles of the GDPR: transparency, information and consent,” CNIL said Monday.ĬNIL asserts that these violations are ongoing, continuous breaches of GDPR and don't demonstrate "a one-off, time-limited infringement." Google doesn't communicate the information clearly enough, nor does it breakdown the fact that the legal basis of processing data is for ads personalization and not for the sheer benefit of the company. The biggest drawback to this, CNIL says, is that users can't comprehend exactly what Google' is doing with their data. their data will be used, processed, and combined across, CNIL says. ![]() This also makes it difficult for users to understand the "plurality of services" - a la Google, YouTube, Google Maps, Google Photos, etc. CNIL says the collected consent Google carries out isn't "specific" or "unambiguous," terms outlined by GDPR. In the eyes of CNIL, also known as the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, Google doesn't obtain user consent to process data for ad personalization. It remains to be seen whether there will be any ramifications from them but data protection complaints – and now fines - against big tech companies like Amazon and Google are piling up.įrance's data protection authority, CNIL, fined Google 50 million Euros – almost 57 million USD, on Monday, alleging the company violated the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) particularly with the way it handles ad personalization. ![]()
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