CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés) will fine Facebook € 60m (£ 50m / $ 68m) & Google € 150m (£ 170m / $ 203m) over breach of data law after an investigation found that Facebook.com, Google.fr & YouTube.com made the process of refusing cookies harder than the process of accepting them.
France fines Facebook and Google over alleged cookie malpractice – computerweekly.com
French data protection watchdog CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés) is to fine Facebook €60m (£50m/$68m) and Google €150m (£170m/$203m) over breaches of data law, after an investigation found that Facebook.com, Google.fr and YouTube.com had made the process of refusing cookies harder than the process of accepting them.
Link: France fines Facebook and Google over alleged cookie malpractice
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