France fines Google, Facebook Millions over tracking consent
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French regulators fined Google and Facebook a total of more than 200 million euros for not making it as easy for people to opt out of online tracking as it is for them to accept it. The CNIL data privacy watchdog said its investigations found that while the U.S. online giants gave French users a single button to immediately accept cookies, there wasn't an equally simple way for them to decline.