Paris-Sana
The French Committee for Informatics and Liberties has imposed heavy fines on Google and Facebook for their practices in the field of cookies on the Internet.
A fine of 150 million euros was imposed on Google and sixty million euros on Facebook, according to the Agence France-Presse agency.
The committee gave the two platforms three months to implement the decision, otherwise each company will have to pay a fine of 100,000 euros for each day of delay.
In response to the decision, Google said it had announced a change in its practices and pledged to implement new changes as well as to work actively with the Committee on Information and Freedom in response to its decision.
For its part, the parent company of Facebook "Meta" said: It is evaluating the decision of the committee and will continue to work with the French regulatory authorities on these issues and will continue to develop controls over cookies for Internet users and digital tracking tools used for advertising purposes.
The French commission had given website editors until April 2021 to adapt to these new measures and warned that it would start punishing violators after this deadline.
In 2020, the Commission imposed two penalties of 100 million and 35 million euros, respectively, on Google and Amazon for setting cookies based on the principles that preceded the European rules on personal data, considering that the information provided to Internet users was not sufficiently clear.
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