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Issued EUR 10 million fine to Google for misuse of data for commercial purposes

On 16 November 2021, the Italian competition and markets authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato-CMA) imposed a fine of EUR 10 million on Google for violating the Italian Consumer Code and data protection regulations. In particular, the CMA found that Google has not provided users with precise and complete information concerning the collection and use of their personal data for commercial purposes. It also found that Google had incurred an aggressive commercial practice regarding the "pre-setting consumer consent" system to transfer their data to Google for commercial purposes.

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Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
search service provider, software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2020-08-20
under deliberation

On 20 August 2020, the Italian competition and markets authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenz…

2021-11-16
in force

On 16 November 2021, the Italian competition and markets authority (Autorità Garante della Concorre…

2022-10-12
in force

On 12 October 2022, the Regional Administrative Court for Lazio rejected the appeal filed by Googl…