$806M in penalties for Google’s violations of privacy laws!

Computerworld.com reported that “The tech giant was ordered to pay $425 million by the San Francisco jury, while France imposed $381 million (€325 million) fine in a coordinated assault on data collection practices.”  The September 4, 2025 article entitled “Google hit with $806M in penalties from US and French authorities over privacy issues” (https://www.computerworld.com/article/4051435/google-hit-with-806m-in-penalties-from-us-and-french-authorities-over-privacy-issues.html) included these comments:

The dual actions signal what analysts call a turning point in global privacy enforcement — the end of Big Tech’s ability to treat regulatory oversight as fragmented and manageable.

Within hours of each other, a San Francisco jury ordered Google to pay $425 million for deceiving users about privacy controls, while France’s data protection authority CNIL slapped the company with a separate $381 million (€325 million) penalty for inserting ads in Gmail and manipulating cookie consent.

Is anyone surprised?