Targeted advertising targeted by the French DPA

Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, the CNIL has issued four public formal notices against Fidzup, Singlespot, Teemo and recently against Vectaury, all of whom are involved in the advertising business.

The CNIL’s formal notices come at a time when the advertising sector is still debating the alternative between “consent” and the controller’s ”legitimate interest” as a legal basis to process personal data for the purpose of targeting advertising. In the above-mentioned cases, the concerned intermediaries were extensively collecting location data from users’ smartphones and combining them with other sets of data, which requires consent under the GDPR.

Full article: Targeted advertising targeted by the French DPA