France: Announced CNIL investigation into Microsoft for potential breach of Data Protection Act through illegal use of cookies
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Announced CNIL investigation into Microsoft for potential breach of Data Protection Act through illegal use of cookies
On 8 September 2022, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) began an investigation into Microsoft a potential violation of data protection rules regarding the use of cookies following a complaint. Specifically, the complaint concerned the conditions for allowing cookies on the search engine "Bing.com".
Original sourceScope
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