Monday, 25th May, 2026
Monday, 25th May, 2026

France fines Microsoft 60 million euros over advertising cookies

France’s privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined US tech giant Microsoft 60 million euros ($64 million) over its use of advertising cookies.

In the largest fine imposed in 2022, the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) said Microsoft’s search engine Bing had had not set up a system allowing users to refuse cookies as simply as accepting them.