iPhone | iPad
Android
Huawei
It will allow non-Saudi nationals to own property in all parts of the kingdom
KT APPDOWNLOAD
France fines Microsoft $64 million over advertising cookies
The company has been given three months to rectify the issue, with a potential further penalty of $63,828 per day overdue
Photo: Reuters
On Thursday, France's privacy watchdog said it fined US tech giant Microsoft €60 million ($64 million) for foisting advertising cookies on users.
In the largest fine imposed in 2022, the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) said that Microsoft's search engine Bing had not set up a system allowing users to refuse cookies as simply as accepting them.
The French regulator said that after investigations it found that "when users visited this site, cookies were deposited on their terminal without their consent, while these cookies were used, among others, for advertising purposes".
It also "observed that there was no button allowing to refuse the deposit of cookies as easily as accepting it".
The CNIL said that the fine was justified, partly because of the profits the company made from advertising profits indirectly generated from the data collected via cookies, which are tiny data files that track online browsing.
The company has been given three months to rectify the issue, with a potential further penalty of €60,000 per day overdue.
Last year, the CNIL said it would carry out a year of checks against sites not following the rules on using web cookies.
Last year, Google and Facebook were sanctioned by the CNIL with fines of €150 million and €60 million respectively for similar breaches.
ALSO READ:
More news from Business
62-year-old says he feels "a call of duty"
Businesses need to understand challenges and risks to successfully integrate AI into their operations, consultancy says
RNG Management Consultancies UAE and Astrazure Legal Services Private Ltd India sign MoU
Last year, the emirate saw a 16% increase in tourist arrivals compared to the previous year
Restructuring would enable each separate business to pursue its own fundraising and public listing plans
Agencies can help people in the process
Bilateral non-oil trade reached $58.7 million in 2022 with a 19% year-on-year growth