Data privacy complaints skyrocket in France in GDPR era

France’s CNIL data protection agency has revealed a marked increase in the numbers of data privacy complaints being made on the other side of the channel since the EU’s new data laws kicked in at the start of the summer. Organisations have long been preparing for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the arrival of which made headlines not least for the eye-boggling financial penalties with which the laws can hit businesses, should malpractice come to the attention of the regulator.

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