On Friday 19 June 2020, the Conseil d’Etat validated the 50 million euro sanction imposed by the CNIL on Google LLC for failing to comply with transparency and information obligations and for failing to provide valid consent. This sanction is now one of the highest sanctions imposed under the powers granted to national authorities by the General Regulation on Data Protection (GDPR). It opens up and is thus part of the increasingly firm policy adopted by the CNIL since 2019.

https://www.cnil.fr/fr/le-conseil-detat-valide-la-sanction-prononcee-lencontre-de-la-societe-google-llc