French data watchdog: imposes 10 million euros fine on Yahoo! over cookie policy


FILE PHOTO: A Yahoo logo is seen during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France, June 19, 2023. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) -French data watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had imposed a 10 million euro ($10.86 million) fine on U.S. web services provider Yahoo! for failings linked to the company's cookie policy.

The watchdog accused the company of "failing to respect the choice of Internet users who refused cookies on its main website and for not allowing users of its e-mail client to freely withdraw their consent to cookies."

The company is now reviewing the decision to decide on "appropriate next steps", Yahoo said, when contacted by Reuters.

($1 = 0.9206 euros)

(Reporting by Tassilo Hummel, Jaspreet Singh;Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)

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