France: National Commission on Informatics and Liberty fined Google EUR 325 million for displaying advertisements between Gmail emails without user consent and illegally placing advertising cookies

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National Commission on Informatics and Liberty fined Google EUR 325 million for displaying advertisements between Gmail emails without user consent and illegally placing advertising cookies

On 1 September 2025, the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL) fined Google EUR 325 million for displaying advertisements between Gmail users’ emails without consent and for placing cookies during the creation of Google accounts with…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
search service provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2022-09-29
in force

On 29 September 2022, the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL) opened an investiga…

2025-09-01
in force

On 1 September 2025, the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL) fined Google EUR 325…