"The French privacy watchdog (CNIL) handed Google a €325 million fine on Wednesday for inserting advertising between Gmail users' emails and dropping tracking cookies without consent. The fine, announced late night on Wednesday, is the result of two breaches of French advertising and cookie laws, and follows a 2022 complaint by privacy group Noyb. The first breach concerns Google's practice of inserting advertising in-between Gmail users' emails without their consent."
"The CNIL's investigation revealed that Google bundled ads in with optional "smart features" it offered Gmail users. Those who agreed to switch on the "smart features" had ads inserted into their reorganised Gmail inbox - in new "Promotions" and "Social" tabs - without their consent."
"It also concluded that Google had failed to obtain valid consent for deploying advertising cookies. Google users are encouraged to accept cookies for personalised ads, instead of receiving more generic advertisements, according to CNIL's press release. "Users were not clearly informed that the deposit of cookies for advertising purposes was a condition to be able to access Google's services," it said."
CNIL imposed a €325 million fine on Google for two breaches: inserting advertising between Gmail users' emails and deploying advertising cookies without valid consent. The investigation found Google bundled ads with optional "smart features," causing users who enabled those features to receive ads reorganised into new "Promotions" and "Social" tabs without consent. CNIL determined the practice violated the French Postal and Electronic Communications Code and ePrivacy rules. CNIL also found that users were not clearly informed that accepting advertising cookies was a condition to access services. The breaches affected tens of millions of accounts; Google is reviewing the decision.
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