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==Consumer impact summary== | ==Consumer impact summary== | ||
Bing has been fined for preventing users from rejecting cookies, it's been involved in censorship in China albeit to comply with local laws and moreover it censors all simplifed Chinese searches, regardless of country and has also censored certain English search terms in certain countries. A study also found illegal child pornography freely available through Bing Image Search. Its official wallpaper app was found to have contained malware in 2024. | |||
===User privacy=== | ===User privacy=== | ||
In 2022, France imposed a €60 million fine on Microsoft for privacy law violations using Bing [[Web cookie|cookies]] that prevented users from rejecting those cookies.<ref>{{Cite web |author=guenni |title=France fines Microsoft 60 million euros over Bing cookies |url=https://borncity.com/win/2022/12/24/france-fines-microsoft-60-million-euros-over-bing-cookies/ |website=Born's Tech and Windows World |date=24 Dec 2022 |access-date=7 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224151305/https://borncity.com/win/2022/12/24/france-fines-microsoft-60-million-euros-over-bing-cookies/ |archive-date=24 Dec 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=France fines Microsoft €60m for imposing advertising cookies |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20221222-france-fines-microsoft-%E2%82%AC60m-for-imposing-advertising-cookies |website=Radio France Internationale |date=22 Dec 2022 |access-date=7 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224151303/https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20221222-france-fines-microsoft-%E2%82%AC60m-for-imposing-advertising-cookies |archive-date=24 Dec 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Xiao |first=Menghan |title=Microsoft fined $64 million by France over cookies used in Bing searches |url=https://www.scmagazine.com/analysis/compliance/microsoft-fined-64-million-by-france-over-cookies-used-in-bing-searches |website=SC Media |date=23 Dec 2022 |access-date=7 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224151305/https://www.scmagazine.com/analysis/compliance/microsoft-fined-64-million-by-france-over-cookies-used-in-bing-searches |archive-date=24 Dec 2022}}</ref> | In 2022, France imposed a €60 million fine on Microsoft for privacy law violations using Bing [[Web cookie|cookies]] that prevented users from rejecting those cookies.<ref>{{Cite web |author=guenni |title=France fines Microsoft 60 million euros over Bing cookies |url=https://borncity.com/win/2022/12/24/france-fines-microsoft-60-million-euros-over-bing-cookies/ |website=Born's Tech and Windows World |date=24 Dec 2022 |access-date=7 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224151305/https://borncity.com/win/2022/12/24/france-fines-microsoft-60-million-euros-over-bing-cookies/ |archive-date=24 Dec 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=France fines Microsoft €60m for imposing advertising cookies |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20221222-france-fines-microsoft-%E2%82%AC60m-for-imposing-advertising-cookies |website=Radio France Internationale |date=22 Dec 2022 |access-date=7 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224151303/https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20221222-france-fines-microsoft-%E2%82%AC60m-for-imposing-advertising-cookies |archive-date=24 Dec 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Xiao |first=Menghan |title=Microsoft fined $64 million by France over cookies used in Bing searches |url=https://www.scmagazine.com/analysis/compliance/microsoft-fined-64-million-by-france-over-cookies-used-in-bing-searches |website=SC Media |date=23 Dec 2022 |access-date=7 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224151305/https://www.scmagazine.com/analysis/compliance/microsoft-fined-64-million-by-france-over-cookies-used-in-bing-searches |archive-date=24 Dec 2022}}</ref> | ||
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*[[Google Search]] | *[[Google Search]] | ||
*[[Yandex]] | *[[Yandex]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
==External links== | |||
*[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/webiq Web IQ] | |||
[[Category:Microsoft|Bing]] | [[Category:Microsoft|Bing]] | ||