New snub for web giant Google. The Council of State rejected Friday the appeal of the search engine against the sanction of 50 million euros which had been imposed on it in 2019 by the Cnil for lack of information on the treatments applied to the personal data of its users.
The French gendarme of personal data had been seized separately, from the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), by two associations defending the rights of Internet users, La Quadrature du Net (France), and None Of Your Business (NOYB).
Lack of information on advertising targeting
Sanctioned on January 21, 2019 for breaches concerning the processing of personal data of users of the Android mobile operating system, Google had decided to appeal. "The Council of State confirms the assessment made by the Cnil" and "considers that the organization in tree structure (of the information page on the processing of personal data) does not meet the requirements of clarity and accessibility required by the GDPR, even though the processing in question is particularly intrusive by its number and the nature of the data collected, "explained the Council of State in a press release.
He criticizes in particular Google that the information on advertising targeting is "diluted in the middle of information relating to other purposes". He also considers that the penalty of 50 million euros pronounced by the Cnil is not disproportionate, "taking into account the particular gravity of the breaches committed, their continuous nature and their duration, the ceilings provided for by the GDPR ( up to 4% of sales) as well as Google’s financial position.
"New victory! "Rejoiced the applicant association La Quadrature du Net, which recalls that other complaints also filed in 2018" against Google, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft are still under investigation in Ireland ".
New victory!
The @Conseil_Etat fully validates, by taking it back to its account, the sanction of 50 million € against Google pronounced in January 2019 by the CNIL.https: //t.co/6gJRL5ZM3r
"In light of this decision, we will now examine the changes we need to make," Google responded in a statement sent to AFP. The American giant believes that "this case is not about a disagreement on the need to obtain consent for personalized advertising, but on the exact terms of obtaining this consent."
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