(Data Protection News & Services)
On 30 and 31 December 2021, the CNIL sanctionned :
FACEBOOK IRELAND LIMITED with a € 60 million fine ; and
GOOGLE with a fine totalling €150 million (€ 90 million for GOOGLE LLC and € 60 million for GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED)
because they did not allow users of the social network facebook.com and the websites google.fr and youtube.com residing in France to refuse cookies as easily as to accept them.
On 16 July 2021, the Luxembourg data protection authority imposed a fine of 746 million euros on Amazon Europe Core.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of € 750,000 on TikTok, a social media apps very popular amongst young users, for breaching young children’s privacy. The Dutch Authority noticed that the privacy policy provided by TikTok
On 17 June 2021, the CNIL imposed a fine of 500,000 Euros and an obligation to comply within 3 months under a penalty of 500 Euros per day on BRICO PRIVÉ, a French company opearating a DIY private sales website
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