France: Data Protection Authority issued compliance reminder in investigation into Qwant over misrepresentation of pseudonymised data in privacy policy
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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…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
search service provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority