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Google, Shein face record-setting EUR475 million in fines for French cookie-rule violations

By Matthew Newman ( September 3, 2025, 21:10 GMT | Insight) -- Google was fined a record 325 million euros ($379 million) for violating French rules on managing cookies and personalized advertising in e-mail service Gmail, the French data protection authority said today. The authority also levied a 150 million euro penalty against Infinite Styles Services Co. Ltd., the Irish subsidiary of Singapore-based online retailer Shein, for failing to get users’ consent for tracking cookies on its shein.com website. Google was fined a record 325 million euros ($379 million) for violating French rules on managing cookies and personalized advertising in e-mail service Gmail, the French data protection authority said today....

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