On September 4, the French regulatory authority imposed a €325 million fine on Google's parent company, Alphabet, for displaying advertisements and deploying tracking cookies without user consent within email services. Google was found to have illegally embedded tracking cookies during user registration and displayed advertisements containing personal information on the email interface, thereby breaching French data protection laws. The penalty encompasses 74 million accounts affected by illegal cookies and 53 million accounts exposed to unauthorized advertisements. In response, Google stated that it is reviewing the penalty and underscored that users have control over the content of advertisements they receive. This marks another instance where France has penalized Google under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), signaling a growing trend towards stricter data regulations for technology giants.