France fines Google and Facebook €210m over user tracking
by Dan Milmo and agency from on (#5TQHW)
Data privacy watchdog says websites make it difficult for users to refuse cookies
France's data privacy watchdog has fined Google and Facebook a combined 210m (176m) for hampering users' ability to stop the companies tracking their online activity.
The Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertes (CNIL) said on Thursday it had fined Google a record 150m for making it difficult for internet users to refuse cookies - small text files that build up a profile of a person's web activity for commercial purposes. It fined Facebook 60m for the same reason.
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