French privacy regulator fines Monsanto for privacy breach
Firm fined for for acquiring data on journalists, activists.
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Cookie compliance: 40 additional organizations on the radar of the CNIL
As part of its global strategy to ensure compliance with its new cookies mandatory guidelines, the CNIL issued formal notices for not enabling users to accept or refuse cookies using equally easy steps.
France fines Google for abusing online advertising dominance
Google has been fined €220m by French competition regulators for abusing its dominance in the online advertising market.
As French automated audits of cookie consent rules continue, non-compliant websites face sanctions
After checking the 1.000 websites with the highest traffic in France, and with several sanctioning procedures already launched, the French DPA CNIL (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés) announced a continuation of the program in the next months.
CNIL releases draft recommendation on retention of traceability data
France’s data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, launched a public debate over its draft recommendation relating to terms of retention and use of data logs.
French Spyware Executives Are Indicted for Aiding Torture
The managers are accused of selling tech to Libya and Egypt that was used to identify activists, read private messages, and kidnap, torture, or kill them.
Ikea fined $1.3 million over spying campaign in France
A French court ordered home furnishings giant Ikea to pay some 1.1 million euros ($1.3 million) in fines and damages over a campaign to spy on union representatives, employees and some unhappy customers in France.
Europe demands answers after US-Danish spying claims
France, Germany and other European countries demanded answers Monday following reports the US spied on its allies using Danish underwater cables, as questions mounted over whether Denmark knew about the operation.
France embraces Google, Microsoft in quest to safeguard sensitive data
Some of France’s most sensitive state and corporate data can be safely stored using the cloud computing technology developed by Alphabet’s Google and Microsoft, if it is licensed to French companies.
French top court justifies telecom data retention
The Council of State rules that the existing threat to national security currently justifies the generalized retention of data.
French data watchdog to start checking cookie policy compliance
France’s data protection watchdog CNIL will from 1st April begin conducting checks to ensure websites are in compliance with new guidelines on advertising trackers after the deadline it granted expired.
French data protection watchdog casts doubt on Apple’s privacy compliance
The US tech giant’s targeted advertising practices raise a lot of questions, the CNIL writes in a confidential note.