France: Amazon fined 35 million euros for unlawful cookie policy
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Amazon fined 35 million euros for unlawful cookie policy
On 7 December 2020, the French National Commission for Informatics and Freedoms (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés - CNIL) sanctioned Amazon with a fine of 35 million euros. Specifically, Amazon was charged for two violations of article 82 of the French Data Protection Act by placing cookies on "amazon.fr" without the consent of users and not informing the users about the cookies sufficiently. Furthermore, the placed cookies even pursued advertising purposes.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority