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Computing Giant Avoids 60,000-Euro Daily Fines From French Privacy Regulator
Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) •
May 30, 2023
Microsoft Ireland revised its cookie policy for the Bing search engine in France after it received a reprimand from the country’s data protection agency for privacy violations.
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France’s National Commission on Informatics and Liberty – known as CNIL – in December imposed a fine of 60 million euros against the company for misleading cookie policies that it said made it difficult for Bing users to decline data collection. The agency said at the time that this feature violated the consent requirement under the French privacy law (see: France Fines Microsoft Ireland 60M Euros Over Bing Cookies).
CNIL gave the company three months to bring its cookie policy into compliance or face additional fines of 60,000 euros for each additional day. Specifically, Microsoft needed to obtain French Bing users’ consent to enable cookies used to combat advertising fraud.
On Friday, the regulator said Microsoft Ireland has adhered to its mandate with an updated cookie policy.
“It appears from the response provided by the company on March 10 that it has made technical changes to ensure that the cookies placed on ‘bing. com’ in France,” the agency said. “The committee notes that the company indicates that it has implemented these changes since February 24, 2023.”
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