CNIL Publishes FAQs to Prepare for a No-Deal Brexit
On February 20, 2019, the French data protection authority published a set of questions and answers to specify the CNIL’s […]
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What happened to the one-stop shop?
At the time of the adoption of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, the European Commission touted as the benefit […]
What can we learn from Google €50 million fine?
On 21 January 2019, French data protection authority Commission Nationale de l?Informatique et des Libert?s (CNIL) imposed a penalty in amount of […]
Data location vendor worked with GDPR regulator on data consent model, yielding 70% opt-in rates
Last August French privacy regulator CNIL cited two French location-intelligence companies (Fidzup and Teemo) as non-compliant with GDPR consent rules […]
Learning from Google’s record-setting GDPR fine
With the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) disclosing on January 21 st a 50 million euro fine against Google LLC, […]
Google fined €50 million in France for GDPR breach about consent
France’s Data Protection Authority, the CNIL, has today announced a 50 million euro fine on Google LLC for lack of […]
CNIL Fines French Telecom Operator for Data Security Failure
On December 27, 2018, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it imposed a fine of €250,000 on […]
CNIL Publishes Guidance on Data Sharing with Business Partners or Data Brokers
On December 28, 2018, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published guidance regarding the conditions to be met by […]
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 […]
Uber fined €400,000 in France over data breach
Uber in France has been hit with a €400,000 fine by the country’s data protection watchdog in response to a […]
How a small French privacy ruling could remake adtech for good
A ruling in late October against a little-known French adtech firm that popped up on the national data watchdog’s website […]
CNIL Publishes DPIA Guidelines and List of Processing Operations Subject To DPIA
On November 6, 2018, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published its own guidelines on data protection impact assessments […]