The CNIL found that Google showed ads between emails in Gmail’s Promotions and Social tabs without consent. It also found that during account creation it was harder to refuse personalised-advertising cookies than to accept them. The CNIL imposed €325 million (€200M on Google LLC and €125M on Google Ireland) and gave Google six months to fix both practices or face €100,000 per day for each company.
French regulator sanctions Google over Gmail ads and harder-to-refuse cookies
€325 millionWhy it matters for your siteRefusing tracking has to take no more effort than accepting it.
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