France Fines Microsoft €60 Million for Using Advertising Cookies Without User Consent

France’s privacy watchdog has imposed a €60 million ($63.88 million) fine against Microsoft’s Ireland subsidiary for dropping advertising cookies in users’ computers without their explicit consent in violation of data protection laws in the European Union.
The Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) noted that users visiting the home page of its Bing search engine did not

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