Google, Facebook penalized by data protection authority | Insurance Business Canada

Google and Facebook have both been found in violation of the French Data Protection Act. Following complaints on the way cookies can be refused on facebook.com, google.fr, and youtube.com, French data protection agency CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés) carried out probes and concluded that the websites committed breaches. “The restricted committee, the body of the CNIL responsible for issuing sanctions, has noted, following investigations, that the websites facebook.com, google.fr, and youtube.com offer a button allowing the user to immediately accept cookies,” explained the CNIL in a release. “However, they do not provide an equivalent solution (button or other) enabling the internet user to easily refuse the deposit of these cookies. Several clicks are required to refuse all cookies, against a single one to accept them. “The restricted committee considered that this process affects the freedom of consent: since, on the internet, the user expects to be able to quickly consult a website; the fact that they cannot refuse the cookies as easily as they can accept them influences their choice in favour of consent. This constitutes an infringement of Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act.” The CNIL asserted that refusing cookies should be as easy…
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