Google and Amazon both slapped with more fines for violating user privacy

Tech's biggest players just don't learn. What you need to know Google has been fined over $120 million for violating French privacy laws. Amazon was also fined, but to a lesser extent of about $42 million. The violations surround the way companies obtain user information before consent is given. On Thursday, both Google and Amazon were slapped with fines for violating French privacy laws. The Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, or CNIL, is a French administration tasked with...