{"id":2703,"date":"2022-01-27T09:54:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T08:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2022\/01\/27\/france-fines-google-and-facebook-e210m-over-user-tracking-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T09:54:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T08:54:56","slug":"france-fines-google-and-facebook-e210m-over-user-tracking-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2022\/01\/27\/france-fines-google-and-facebook-e210m-over-user-tracking-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"France fines Google and Facebook \u20ac210m over user tracking &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cfbc967f0983488262956e73eca9483a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3859091246952232\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- blok -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3859091246952232\" data-ad-slot=\"1334354390\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p>Data privacy watchdog says websites make it difficult for users to refuse cookies<br \/>Last modified on Thu 6 Jan 2022 13.41 GMT<br \/>France\u2019s data privacy watchdog has fined Google and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/facebook\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Facebook<\/a> a combined \u20ac210m (\u00a3176m) for hampering users\u2019 ability to stop the companies tracking their online activity.<br \/>The <em>Commission Nationale de l\u2019Informatique et des Libert\u00e9s<\/em> (CNIL) said on Thursday it had fined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/google\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Google<\/a> a record \u20ac150m for making it difficult for internet users to refuse cookies \u2013 small text files that build up a profile of a person\u2019s web activity for commercial purposes. It fined Facebook \u20ac60m for the same reason.<\/p>\n<p>Internet users\u2019 prior consent for the use of cookies is a key pillar of the EU\u2019s data privacy regulation, and a top priority for the CNIL.<br \/>\u201cWhen you accept cookies, it\u2019s done in just one click,\u201d said Karin Kiefer, CNIL\u2019s head of data protection and sanctions. \u201cRejecting cookies should be as easy as accepting them.\u201d<br \/>The watchdog said the facebook.com, google.fr and youtube.com websites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnil.fr\/en\/cookies-cnil-fines-google-total-150-million-euros-and-facebook-60-million-euros-non-compliance\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">did not allow the easy refusal of cookies<\/a>. Citing the example of Facebook, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnil.fr\/en\/cookies-facebook-ireland-limited-fined-60-million-euros\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">it said<\/a>: \u201cSeveral clicks are required to refuse all cookies, as opposed to a single one to accept them.\u201d<br \/>It said the companies had three months to comply with its orders, including making it easier for French users to decline cookies, or face extra penalty payments of \u20ac100,000 for every day of delay.<br \/>A Google spokesperson said: \u201cPeople trust us to respect their right to privacy and keep them safe. We understand our responsibility to protect that trust and are committing to further changes and active work with the CNIL in light of this decision.\u201d<br \/>A spokesperson for Facebook\u2019s parent company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/meta\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Meta<\/a>, said: \u201c\u200b\u200bWe are reviewing the authority\u2019s decision and remain committed to working with relevant authorities. Our cookie consent controls provide people with greater control over their data, including a new settings menu on Facebook and Instagram where people can revisit and manage their decisions at any time, and we continue to develop and improve these controls.\u201d<br \/>In 2020, the CNIL strengthened consent rights over ad trackers, saying websites operating in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/france\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">France<\/a> should keep a register of internet users\u2019 refusal to accept cookies for at least six months.<br \/>It also said internet users should be able to easily reconsider any initial agreement concerning cookies via a weblink or an icon that should be visible on all pages of a website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jan\/06\/france-fines-google-and-facebook-210m-over-user-tracking-cookies\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data privacy watchdog says websites make it difficult for users to refuse cookiesLast modified on Thu 6 Jan 2022 13.41 GMTFrance\u2019s data privacy watchdog has fined Google and Facebook a combined \u20ac210m (\u00a3176m) for hampering users\u2019 ability to stop the companies tracking their online activity.The Commission Nationale de l\u2019Informatique et des Libert\u00e9s (CNIL) said on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow1sXXCw:productID":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}