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Microsoft hit with €60 million fine by France for not offering cookie opt-out on Bing

Paul Hill — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 19:08:02 +0000

Microsoft has been fined €60 million for not giving Bing users a way to reject cookies. French data protection agency CNIL said Microsoft should get consent to use ad fraud detection cookies too. Read more...

Facebook and Google fined by France over cookie opt-out breaches

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:40:01 +0000

Facebook and Google have been fined by the French regulator CNIL. It levied the fines because the companies make it too difficult to reject cookies. They now have to make it easier to reject cookies. Read more...

Google doesn't need to extend right to be forgotten rules beyond EU frontiers

Paul Hill — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:54:01 +0000

Google has won a case at the ECJ over its refusal to wipe search results under right to be forgotten rules. The court said right to be forgotten rules must be followed in the EU, but not globally. Read more...

Microsoft has halved data it collects from Windows 10 users, says French privacy regulator

Andy Weir — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:18:49 +0000

France's data protection commissioner, CNIL, says Microsoft has addressed its concerns over Windows 10 data collection and privacy, after accusing the company of failing to comply with French laws. Read more...

France's CNIL: Windows 10 collects too much information and isn't secure

Paul Hill — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 09:44:01 +0000

France's data protection commission has said Microsoft is collecting too much information on users and that its PIN system is not secure enough. Microsoft has three months to comply with French law. Read more...