Maloletka, visibly moved, dedicated his prize to the Ukrainian people, at a ceremony in the southern French city of Perpignan. PERPIGNAN, France: Ukrainian photojournalist Evgeniy Maloletka won the Visa d’Or, one the profession’s most prestigious prizes on Saturday, for his work during the devastating Russian siege of Mariupol. Google said in April it had “completely overhauled” its approach as a result, though CNIL told AFP on Thursday that the case against Google was still open. The French regulator hit Google with a 150-million-euro fine at the same time as Facebook was sanctioned. “We continue to develop and improve these controls, including in response to regulator feedback,” a spokesperson said.
In response, Meta said Facebook’s cookie consent controls “provide people with meaningful options over their data, and the ability to revisit and manage their decisions at any time.” “The CNIL therefore reserves the right to check the compliance of the website with these other requirements in the future and, if necessary, to resort to enforcement actions,” it said. The French regulator stressed in its statement on Thursday that the end of this procedure did not rule out further scrutiny of Facebook, particularly of the requirement to give users “clear and complete” information on data collection. Since the European Union passed a 2018 law on personal data, Internet companies have faced stricter rules that oblige them to seek consent from users before installing cookies.īoth Facebook and Google continue to face a slew of cases across Europe. They are hugely valuable for tech platforms as ways to personalize advertising - the primary source of revenue for the likes of Facebook and Google.īut privacy advocates have long pushed back. On Thursday, the regulator announced that “the company had complied with the injunction issued” by installing a button labelled “only allow essential cookies.”Ĭookies are installed on a user’s computer when they visit a website, allowing web browsers to save information about their session. PARIS: French privacy regulators on Thursday closed a case against Facebook after determining the US tech giant had changed the way it collected user data to comply with the law.įacebook was slapped with a 60-million-euro ($61-million) fine last December when the French regulator CNIL ruled it was failing to allow users to easily opt out of cookies, tiny data files that track online browsing.ĬNIL told the firm’s parent company Meta to fix the issue within three months or face further punishment.
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