France has resorted to imposing a fine on one company Microsoft US, equal to 60 million euros, equal to approximately 63.93 million dollars, due to Microsoft’s violation of the country’s regulations regarding the use of cookies.
France imposes a fine on Microsoft
For its part, the French National Commission for Technology and Liberties (CNIL) has clarified, in a statement, that the Microsoft Bing search engine has not created a system that allows users to refuse cookies as easily as are being accepted, according to Forbes Middle East.
The committee conducted its investigation and found that when the user visits this website “bing.com”, cookies will be saved on the computer without asking the user’s initial consent.
As a result, the commission gave Microsoft three months to correct the issue, with a potential additional fine of 60,000 euros ($63.9,000) for each day of delay.
The French committee confirmed that the fine was partially justified, noting the profits it had made agency From advertising revenue generated indirectly from data collected through cookies.
A cookie is a data file that is installed on a user’s device when he visits websites, allowing to save, track information about him and understand his behavior while browsing the Internet, which helps to send advertising tailored to that ‘user.
Microsoft said, in a statement, that it made important changes to its cookie practices even before this investigation began.
Huge revenue
For its part, Microsoft delivered revenue of $50.1 billion in the third quarter of this year, beating expectations, as the shift to hybrid work increased demand for its cloud services and helped mitigate the impact. of the recession in the PC business.
The software company’s revenue grew 11% to $50.12 billion for the quarter ended September 30, compared to $45.32 billion a year earlier, while analysts had expected an average of 49, $61 billion, according to data from Refinitiv IBES.