Alphabet(US:GOOGL) Xin Lang Cai Jing·2025-09-04 04:13Group 1 - Google has been fined €325 million (approximately ¥2.7 billion) by France's CNIL for displaying ads to Gmail users without consent and using cookies improperly [2] - The fines include €200 million for Google LLC and €125 million for Google Ireland Limited, with a requirement to rectify the situation within six months [2] - CNIL highlighted that the violations affected a large number of users, with over 74 million accounts impacted, including 53 million users who saw ads in their Gmail's "Promotions" and "Social" tabs [2] Group 2 - Google is currently evaluating CNIL's decision and has made updates in the past two years to address regulatory concerns, allowing users to easily opt-out of personalized ads [3] - This is the third fine imposed by CNIL on Google related to cookie violations, following fines of €100 million in 2020 and €150 million in 2021 [3] - On September 2, Google avoided severe penalties in a U.S. antitrust case, with a judge ruling against the forced divestiture of its Chrome browser or Android operating system, leading to a significant stock price increase of 9.14% [3] Group 3 - On the same day, CNIL also fined the fashion e-commerce platform SHEIN €150 million (approximately ¥1.25 billion) for not obtaining user consent before setting advertising cookies [4] - SHEIN's violations involved accumulating vast amounts of data from 12 million users in France through cookies placed on their computers [4]