France’s privacy watchdog fines Microsoft over cookies, article with image

PARIS, Dec 22 (Reuters) – France’s CNIL privacy watchdog said it had imposed a 60 million euro ($63.88 million) fine against Microsoft (MSFT.O) Ireland, saying it sanctioned the company for not having put in place a mechanism to let people refuse cookies as easily as accepting them.

($1 = 0.9393 euros)

Reporting by Tassilo Hummel;
Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta

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