On December 7, 2020, the CNIL (the French data protetion authority) pronounced two record sanctions of €100 million against GOOGLE LLC and GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED (€60 and €40 million respectively), and €35 million against AMAZON EUROPE CORE for non-compliance with
France: The Prohibition of “Cookie Walls” in the CNIL Guidelines was Unlawful
In a decision of 19 June 2020, the Conseil d’État (i.e. the French Supreme Administrative Court) ruled, as part of a judicial review, that the CNIL could not legally prohibit the use of “cookie walls” in its recommendation on cookies
Cookies : The General Advocate of the French Administrative Court Supports Cookies Wall
The newspaper “Les Echos” reported in an article published on 12 June 2020 that the General Advocate (in French the “rapporteur public”) of the Conseil d’Etat, the French Supreme Administrative Court, shared a different view from the CNIL’s doctrine by
The EDPB Updates its Guidelines on Consent
On May 5, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published a slightly updated version of the WP 29 (i.e. former EDPB) guidelines on the GDPR consent of April 10, 2018. The EDPB has provided further clarifications regarding: – The
France: The CNIL Publishes its Control Strategy for 2020
On 12 March 2020, the French Supervisory Authority (the CNIL), published its control strategy for the year 2020. For the year 2020, the CNIL has decided to focus on the following three themes: health data geolocation for local services cookies