Bloomberg Law
Jan. 23, 2019, 7:39 PM UTCUpdated: Jan. 23, 2019, 9:50 PM UTC

Google to Fight $57 Million French Privacy Fine (1)

Sara Merken
Sara Merken
Reporter
Daniel R. Stoller
Daniel R. Stoller
Senior Legal Editor

Alphabet Inc.'s Google will appeal a 50 million euro ($56.7 million) fine from the French privacy watchdog, a company spokesperson confirmed to Bloomberg Law.

France’s privacy office, the CNIL, imposed a fine on the company Jan. 21 for alleged violations of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. CNIL said that Google didn’t follow “essential principles” of the GDPR, including “transparency, information and consent.”

Google’s appeal is the second major appeal of an EU privacy action in recent months and further shows U.S. tech companies aren’t necessarily willing to accept fines without fighting back.

“We’ve worked hard to create a GDPR ...

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