France Hits Google with $57 Million GDPR Fine,

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Record Privacy Fine Sends Strong Signal to Data-Processing Technology Companies.

France on Monday imposed a €50 million ($57 million) fine against Google for violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, sending a strong to message to the technology giant that its privacy and data collection practices are not adequate.

The penalty, levied by the country's National Data Protection Commission, abbreviated as CNIL, is the largest fine handed out so far under GDPR, which is intended to better protect Europeans' personal data.

CNIL's penalty notice against Google.

"The amount decided and the publicity of the fine are justified by the severity of the infringements observed regarding the essential principles of GDPR: transparency, information and consent," CNIL says. It has also published a longer penalty notice, written in French, outlining in full the fine against Google.

By Jeremy Kirk.

Full story at Data Breach Today.