Published on, Sept. 4 -- September 4, 2025 3:38 PM

France's data protection authority has imposed record fines on tech giant Google and fast-fashion platform Shein for failing to follow the country's internet cookie laws, officials announced on Wednesday.

Google was fined 325 million euros while Shein received a penalty of 150 million euros, making these some of the largest punishments ever issued by the CNIL watchdog for data violations in Europe.

The authority found that both companies failed to secure users' free and informed consent before placing advertising cookies on their browsers, which collect information on online activity for targeted marketing purposes.

CNIL highlighted Shein's "massive" data collection from cookies affec...