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CNIL Imposes Record €325 Million Fine on Google: A Watershed Moment for ePrivacy Enforcement

Goodwin on 9/9/2025

The French data protection authority, Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), imposed a €325 million fine on Google on September 1, 2025, for displaying advertisements in Gmail without prior user...more

Google’s Fine and the French Data Protection Authority’s Far-reaching GDPR Compliance Measures

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 2/27/2019

On Jan. 21, 2019, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) levied a 50 million euros sanction against Google LLC for violating the EU General Data Protection Regulation2 (GDPR) in the context of the first enforcement...more

Google To Pay $57 Million For GDPR Violations

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/14/2019

On January 21, 2019, the French data protection supervisory authority (“CNIL”) fined Google €50 million (approximately $57 million) for violating the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). ...more

GDPR Starts with a Bang: NOYB Sues Google and Facebook

Holland & Hart LLP on 5/31/2018

Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) became effective last Friday, May 25. That same day, the non-profit NOYB (from the colloquial “none of your business”) filed lawsuits against Google, together with...more

EU e-Privacy Regulation Raises Stakes for Compliance

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/13/2017

The European Commission's proposed e-privacy regulation sets forth obligations on handling electronic communications and clarifies obligations for seeking consent for the use of cookies. Meant to bring the e-privacy directive...more

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