Italy: Issued EUR 10 million fine to Google for misuse of data for commercial purposes
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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 particul…
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
2021-11-16
in force