The French Data Protection Authority communicated on Wednesday that I fined Google, from Alphabet, with 325 million euros (381 million dollars) for improperly showing ads to Gmail users and using cookies, in both cases without the consent of Google accounts users.
The Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) also gave Google a period of six months to ensure that ads are no longer showed between the emails in the entrance trays of Gmail users without prior consent, and that the users give their valid consent to the creation of a Google account for the placement of advertisements.
Otherwise, both Google and its Irish subsidiary would have to pay a fine of 100,000 euros per day of delay, the CNIL reported in a statement.
A Google spokesman said the company was reviewing the decision and said that users have always been able to control the ads they see in their products.
In the last two years, Google has made updates to address the commission’s concerns, including an easy way to reject personalized ads by creating a Google account, and changes in the way in which the ads are presented in Gmail, said the spokesman.
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With Reuters information.
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