PARIS— Google Inc. said Wednesday that it has appealed against the €150,000 ($205,000) fine imposed last week by France's data protection watchdog for alleged violations of privacy rules.

Google said it has taken the matter to the Conseil d'Etat, the country's highest administrative court.

A spokeswoman at the court confirmed Google's appeal, adding that the U.S. company had also asked the Conseil d'Etat to suspend the fine until its judges rule in the case, which may not happen before several months.

The Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés, or CNIL, last week ruled the U.S. giant doesn't sufficiently inform its users of the conditions in which their personal data are processed and about the reasons why it processes the data.

CNIL also said Google failed to comply with its obligation to obtain user consent before storing cookies on their terminals, and to define retention periods applicable to the data which it processes.