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Data protection Media and online platforms Google LLC und Google Ireland Limited Clear all filters

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€325mTotal of monetary amounts

€325mLargest single case: Google LLC und Google Ireland Limited

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1 Sep 2025 Google LLC und Google Ireland LimitedGoogle: 325 million EUR – advertising cookies at account creation and ads in the Gmail inbox FranceCookies and tracking €325m

When creating a Google account, users were not sufficiently informed that advertising cookies were necessarily placed in the process; in addition, Google displayed advertisements between e-mails in Gmail without prior consent. The Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (French data protection authority, CNIL) imposed 200 million EUR on Google LLC and 125 million EUR on Google Ireland and ordered remedial action within six months, subject to a penalty payment of 100,000 EUR per day.

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Do not tacitly tie advertising cookies to account creation – and advertising in the inbox counts as direct marketing requiring consent.

Authority / court: Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL), formation restreinte
Area of law: Data protection · Cookies and tracking
Legal basis: Art. 82 Loi Informatique et Libertés; Art. L. 34-5 Code des postes et des communications électroniques
Action: Fine
Status of proceedings: unknown
Sector: Media and online platforms
Employees: 10,000 or more

Sources

CNIL, Deliberation SAN-2025-004 of 1 September 2025 concerning Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited (courtesy translation) Decision of an authority

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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