Google Fined $57 Million by French Regulator
January 21 2019 - 11:15AM
Dow Jones News
By Sam Schechner
Alphabet Inc.'s Google was fined 50 million euros ($57 million)
by a French regulator--the biggest penalty levied yet under a new
European privacy law--alleging the search-engine giant didn't go
far enough to get valid user consent to gather data for targeted
advertising.
The fine represents one of the highest profile regulatory
actions stemming from the European Union's "General Data Protection
Regulation," which went into effect in 2018. The law requires
companies to abide by strict data-protection and privacy rules
protecting consumers in Europe.
A big part of the new rules is that companies must explain to
users how their data is being collected and used and in many cases,
seek consent from users to collect it.
"People expect high standards of transparency and control from
us. We're deeply committed to meeting those expectations and the
consent requirements of the GDPR. We're studying the decision to
determine our next steps," a Google spokesman said.
Write to Sam Schechner at sam.schechner@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 21, 2019 11:00 ET (16:00 GMT)
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