Google will be liable to a fine of more than 6 billion yen due to the first GDPR violation

by Carlos Luna

Google will be fined 50 million euros (about 6.2 billion yen) from the French authorities due to violation of the General Data Protection Rules (GDPR) that came into effect in May 2010 in the EU. It is expected to be the highest ever fined by the French data protection organization.

The CNIL's restricted committee imposes a financial penalty of 50 Million euros against GOOGLE LLC | CNIL
https://www.cnil.fr/en/cnils-restricted-committee-imposes-financial-penalty-50-million-euros-against-google-llc

BREAKING: CNIL fines Google € 50 Mio based on noyb complaint | noyb.eu
https://noyb.eu/news-update/

It was French data protection organization CNIL that fined Google. A survey that began based on an action by noyb, a non-profit organization appealing privacy protection, admitted to GDPR violation in the explanation on Google's handling of personal data, ordered payment of a fine of $ 50 million (about 6.2 billion yen). By the way, noyb complains Google's GDPR violation on May 25, 2018 when GDPR took effect, and at the same time, Facebook and umbrella Instagram, WhatsApp are also suing for GDPR violation.

GDPR: noyb.eufiled four complaints over "forced consent" against Google, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook
(PDF file) https://noyb.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/pa_forcedconsent_en.pdf

One of the violations that Google has been told as a violation of GDPR is that we do not have concrete user consent regarding personalization of advertisements on Google services like YouTube / Google Maps. When creating a Google Account, it is said that an action seeking to agree to all terms and conditions in signup is in violation of GDPR even though display of personalized advertisement is ON in the default state noyb Says.

About Google's response Maxy Schlesmus, chairman of noyb said, "Even after GDPR was enforced, it turned out that large companies like Google interpret GDPR without permission and only improve superficial services. It is important for the authorities to clarify that such measures are not sufficient, "he insists that not only Google but many large companies are in violation of GDPR. In addition, as GDPR stipulates that "the highest of 4% or 20 million euros worldwide can be made the highest fines", noyb says, "The maximum amount is 3.7 billion euros (about 460 billion yen) There was a fear that it could be fined, "he said.

The decision against Google will be the highest penalty for CNIL by the first fine fined by a major American IT company as a GDPR violation. Google can appeal to Conseil d'État (State Council) to hear the final of the French administrative lawsuit against this decision but "Google responds to the expectations of people who seek transparency and control on a high standard , And we will carefully work to meet the requirements of GDPR. "We reveal the idea of reviewing the service contents without appealing and appealing.