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Google and Shein fined nearly €500m in France over cookie violations

French online privacy watchdogs fined Google and Shein nearly €500 million on Thursday for failing to properly inform internet users about advertising cookies – the tools that track online activity for targeted advertising.

Radio France Internationale

Google hit with massive French fine for inserting cookies and ads in between emails

Google found guilty of displaying advertisements and pushing cookies in Gmail without valid user consent.

TechRadar

Jury Tells Google To Pay $425 Mn Over App Privacy

A US federal jury on Wednesday ordered Google to pay about $425 million for gathering information from smartphone app use even when people opted for privacy settings, the company confirmed.

International Business Times

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Record French Fines For Google And Shein Over Cookies

France's data protection authority on Wednesday issued record fines against search giant Google and fast-fashion platform Shein for failing to respect the law on internet cookies.

International Business Times

‘It isn’t just about porn’: What the US PornHub ‘ban’ is really about

Age verification laws designed to block children from online porn sites are sweeping the US, Io Dodds writes. But do they actually protect children, or is there another agenda at work?

The Independent UK

Leading French internet operator cops hefty fine for unsolicited ads

France's largest internet operator Orange was on Tuesday slapped with a fine of €50 million ($53-million) fine for sending unsolicited adverts resembling emails to customers. The company says it will appeal what it calls a "disproportionate" amount.

Radio France Internationale

Privacy fears grow as France extends AI surveillance beyond Olympics

France’s decision to extend AI-powered video surveillance in public spaces until March 2025 is stirring fears over privacy and civil liberties. Critics argue that the technology, introduced for the 2024 Olympics, could lead to discriminatory practices and excessive monitoring.

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Amazon Appeals .6 Million Fine By French Regulator

Amazon appeals .6 million fine for privacy breach in France over employee monitoring. Legal battle ahead with far-reaching implications for data privacy...

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Amazon French Warehouses Unit Fined 32 Million Euros

France's data protection agency said Tuesday it had fined Amazon's French warehouse management unit 32 million euros ($34.9 million) for an "excessively intrusive" surveillance system to monitor staff performance.

International Business Times

French privacy watchdog raises alarms over OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s “questionable” Worldcoin venture

The French agency CNIL said it initiated an investigation into the company.

Fortune

How the Musk v. Zuckerberg cage fight could save the world

If this is really happening, why not make it meaningful?

Fortune

Health website Doctissimo fined €380,000 by French privacy watchdog

The health website Doctissimo has been fined €380,000 for breaches of personal data, the French digital rights watchdog CNIL has said.

Radio France Internationale

EU to launch AI task force as ChatGPT probed for alleged data breaches

The European Union's central data regulator has announced it is forming a task force to help countries deal with popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, ramping up the pressure on its US maker OpenAI.

Radio France Internationale

Consumer Privacy Protection Act could lead to fines for deceptive designs in apps and websites

Canada’s proposed Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA) prohibits online consent processes that are deceptive or misleading.

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Paris 2024 Olympic security bill could enable use of surveillance using artificial intelligence

The NGO Amnesty International France and some left-wing politicians have expressed concern over the Olympic security bill being debated in the French Senate this week. The text would legalise the use of surveillance based on artificial intelligence systems for the first time, measures that could reach beyond the scope of…

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France fines Microsoft €60m for imposing advertising cookies

France’s data privacy regulator has fined tech giant Microsoft 60 million euros – the watchdog's largest fine of 2022 – for making it easier for users of its search engine to accept advertising cookies than to refuse them, and failing to conform to EU regulations.

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Privacy complaint filed in France targets Google over unsolicited ad emails

Google has breached a European Union court ruling by sending spam emails directly to the inbox of Gmail users, says an Austrian advocacy group in a complaint filed on Wednesday with France's data protection watchdog.

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Privacy Complaint Targets Google over Unsolicited Ad Emails

Google has breached a European Union court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to the inbox of Gmail users, Austrian advocacy group noyb.eu said on Wednesday in a complaint filed with France's data protection watchdog. The Alphabet unit, whose revenues mainly come from online advertising, should ask Gmail users…

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Google Faces Scrutiny From French, Russian Regulators: All You Need To Know

France's watchdog CNIL alleged Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google Analytics of giving U.S. intelligence services access to French website users' data, Reuters reports. The regulator alleged the U.S. tech giant lacking sufficient measures to guarantee data privacy rights under European Union regulation when transferring data between Europe and the U.S. The French website…

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Cookies: I looked at 50 well-known websites and most are gathering our data illegally

The owners of Google and Facebook were both heavily fined for using cookies illegally at the tail end of 2021 by the French data protection authority, Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Liberté (CNIL). On the French versions of Google, its sister platform YouTube, and Facebook, users were being asked…

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