France: Issued fine against Microsoft for breach of Data Protection Act through illegal use of cookies
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Issued fine against Microsoft for breach of Data Protection Act through illegal use of cookies
On 19 December 2022, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) imposed a penalty of EUR 60 million on Microsoft for violating data protection rules regarding the use of cookies. CNIL's investigation began in September 2020 in response to a complai…
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
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2020-09-08
under deliberation
2022-12-19
in force