French watchdog fines Google 100 million euros for breaching cookies rules


French data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet's Google 100 million euros ($121 million) for breaching rules on online trackers (cookies).

The CNIL said in a statement it had also fined Amazon 35 million euros for breaching the same rules.

(Reporting by Mathieu Rosemain; Writing by Matthieu Protard; Editing by Mark Potter)

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