France fines TikTok €5 million for not offering ‘refuse all’ button on website’s cookie banner

TikTok has been issued a fine of €5 million (about $5.4 million) by the French data protection regulator because it made it difficult for users to opt out of being tracked on its website – a breach of data protection laws.

The CNIL (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés) announced the penalty on Thursday, although it said the sanction itself was issued on December 29.

According to the regulator, the fine was imposed over two shortcomings on the TikTok …

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