French data regulator fined Google and Facebook for not allowing French users to easily reject cookies
because they violated the EU's privacy rules. Both tech giants have made it easier for users to accept cookies on their websites, but they have not made it as simple for users to reject the tracking cookies.
CNIL stated that the sites: facebook.com, google.fr, and youtube.com offer immediate acceptance for tracking cookies only by tapping a button. However, these websites don't offer a similar button for rejecting the cookies. Instead, they made it more difficult for users to refuse to be tracked by the websites.
Making it easier to accept cookies than to refuse them, according to the CNIL's restricted committee, affects the user's freedom of consent. When a user visits a website, they want to find what they're looking for as quickly as possible. By making the acceptance of the cookies easier than the refusal, Google and Meta influence the choice of the user in favor of consent.
CNIL fined Google €150 million and Meta €60 million . In addition to the fines, CNIL mandated that Google and Meta provide a way for French users to reject tracking cookies as easily as they would accept them. Both companies were given three months to comply with the mandate. If they do not comply with the order, both companies will have to pay 100 000 euros per day as a penalty.People trust us to respect their right to privacy and keep them safe.
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