The French authorities have fined the American company Google about $ 378 million due to non-compliance with rules in the field of advertising and tracking user activity, according to a statement from the country's Office for the Protection of Personal Data (CNIL). ria.ru.
"CNIL imposed a fine of 325 million euros (about 378 million dollars) on Google... for displaying advertisements between Gmail users' emails without their consent and for inserting tracking elements (cookies) when creating Google accounts, without the valid consent of French users," the statement said.