Google Must Pay €50 Million for GDPR Violations

[upnorth]

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/google-fined-57m-after-france-finds-violations-of-new-eu-privacy-law/

Google has been fined €50 million (~$57 million) by French regulators, the first major penalty under a sweeping new European Union privacy law known as GDPR, which took effect last year.

According to the French government agency, known by the acronym CNIL, Google is still in breach of the law. CNIL explained that Google had violated two provisions of the law: first by not making its data-collection policies easily accessible enough and second by not obtaining sufficient and specific user consent for ad personalization across each of Google’s numerous services, including YouTube, Google Maps, and more. "It is not a one-off, time-limited, infringement," the agency said Monday. The two complaints were filed jointly on the day the law went into effect by the French digital advocacy group La Quadrature du Net and the group Noyb.eu, a watchdog organization started by Max Schrems. The young Austrian privacy activist has been tangling with Silicon Valley giants—notably Google and Facebook—for years.

 

[Janl1992l]

to be fair. 50m for google is like 1 cent for me. they are probably laughing there asses off if they sometimes need to pay that amount.

 

[Hollow]

But the regulations are breached every time

 

[upnorth]

to be fair. 50m for google is like 1 cent for me. they are probably laughing there asses off if they sometimes need to pay that amount.

Not so sure as most rich people/companies genuine hates lose money, no matter the amount. Greed is one of it's ugly faces.

 

[bribon77]

to be fair. 50m for google is like 1 cent for me. they are probably laughing there asses off if they sometimes need to pay that amount.

I was thinking the same thing.
And it doesn't mean that Google is going to pay for it immediately and there will be a Lawyer's War on both sides.

 

[dash]

Only $50M this time? The last time the EU got a hold of Google it cost them $5B..

 

[Janl1992l]

Only $50M this time? The last time the EU got a hold of Google it cost them $5B..

USA telled eu to shut up and dont do 5b charge on a us firm again probably lol