France

GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED

125,000,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) on 2025-09-01.

Rank · Sector

#11

of 369 in Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting

Rank · France

of 74

Rank · All fines

#13

of 3,051

Case details

Authority: French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)
Date: 2025-09-01
Controller / Processor: GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED
Sector: Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
Quoted Articles: Art. 82 loi Informatique et Libertés, Article L. 34-5 CPCE
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

The French DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 125,000,000 on GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED. While creating an account for the controller's services, the controller designed the cookie consent process in such a way that free, informed consent could not be given. The data subject could only choose between the free service with personalised marketing or a paid-for version without it. The controller also designed its email service so that advertisements could be displayed in areas where data subjects usually found received emails. The DPA classified this form of marketing as direct marketing.

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