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France: Data Protection Authority investigation into Qwant over alleged misrepresentation of pseudonymised data in privacy policy

Progress

Current status
under investigation
11 Feb 2025 under investigation

Scope

Implementers
France
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
search service provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

11 Feb 2025
under investigation

Data Protection Authority issued compliance reminder in investigation into Qwant over misrepresentation of pseudonymised data in privacy policy

On 11 February 2025, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) issued a compliance reminder to Qwant concerning over failure to accurately anonymise data transmitted to Microsoft. This follows a 2019 investigation into Qwant over its handling of p…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type interim ruling
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority

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