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Google hit with largest GDPR fine to date over lack of data and ad transparency

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With the General Data Protection Regulation, Europe set out to unify privacy regulation and “ensure consistency of regulatory decisions for companies and EU citizens.” Google today was…
With the General Data Protection Regulation, Europe set out to unify privacy regulation and “ensure consistency of regulatory decisions for companies and EU citizens.” Google today was fined by France’s privacy regulator over the “lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent regarding the ads personalization.”
This investigation began last year when France’s National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) received complaints over Google’s handling of personal data, especially in regards to ads. The French regulator specifically found two GDPR breaches after conducting online inspections in September 2018 on Android.

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