Google €325M – displaying ads in Gmail without consent – PrivacyPractitioners

Google €325M — ads in Gmail without consent

France fined Google €325 million for ads in Gmail without consent and a cookie banner who used dark patterns. 74 million accounts affected by invalid cookie consent.

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Google €325M — ads in Gmail without consent

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