""When creating a Google account, users were encouraged to choose cookies linked to the display of personalized advertisements, to the detriment of those linked to the display of generic advertisements and that users were not clearly informed that the deposit of cookies for advertising purposes was a condition to be able to access Google's services," the CNIL noted. The consent obtained in this manner is not valid and constitutes a violation of the French Data Protection Act (Article 82), it added."
""Google has also been called out for placing advertisements in the form of emails among other emails in the \"Promotions\" and \"Social\" tabs of Gmail, stating that the display of such ads required users' explicit consent in accordance with the French Postal and Electronic Communications Code (CPCE)." French telecommunications operator Orange was fined €50 million back in December 2024 for similarly displaying ads between actual email messages without users' consent. Google has been ordered to bring its systems into compliance within six months, or risk facing penalties of €100,000 per day."
The National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL) fined Google €325 million and Shein €150 million for setting advertising cookies on users' browsers without securing valid consent. Shein updated its systems and plans to appeal. The CNIL found that account creation nudged users toward personalized-ad cookies and did not clearly inform users that advertising cookies were required to access Google services, rendering consent invalid under the French Data Protection Act (Article 82). Google added a refusal option in October 2023 but informed consent remained lacking. Gmail ad placements in Promotions and Social tabs require explicit consent under the CPCE. Google must comply within six months or face €100,000 daily penalties. A U.S. jury found Google collected data after users opted out of Web & App Activity tracking.
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