Google fined record £44m by French data protection watchdog

CNIL found that company failed to offer users transparent information on data use

The French data protection watchdog CNIL has fined Google a record a50m (44m) for failing to provide users with transparent and understandable information on its data use policies.

For the first time, the company was fined using new terms laid out in the pan-European general data protection regulation. The maximum fine for large companies under the new law is 4% of annual turnover, meaning the theoretical maximum fine for Google is almost a4bn.