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France and the new EU regulation on political advertising: the CNIL updates its doctrine ahead of the 2025 implementation

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Online political advertising has become central to modern electoral campaigns. However, the growing lack of transparency, particularly regarding funding, targeting, and data processing practices, raises serious concerns about...more

Hogan Lovells

Submitting tracking pixels in emails to consent: the CNIL launches a public consultation

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On 12 June 2025, the French data protection authority (CNIL) launched a public consultation on a draft recommendation regarding the use of tracking pixels in emails. This recommendation roughly assimilates pixels and any...more

Pillsbury - Consumer Protection Dispatch

GDPR Enforcement: Lessons from Recent Data Privacy Penalties

Recent decisions by the French data protection authority (CNIL) have highlighted the importance of GDPR compliance, particularly in the areas of data retention, consent for processing sensitive personal data, and marketing...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

CNIL Fines Health Website for Unlawful Data Processing

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The French Data Protection Authority imposed a €280,000 fine for GDPR infringements and a €100,000 fine for violation of French cookie rules. On 11 May 2023 the French Data Protection Authority (the CNIL) handed down its...more

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French Data Protection Regulator Fines Google and Amazon for Non-compliance With EU Cookie Rules

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On 7 December 2020, the French supervisory authority CNIL (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, French data protection authority) imposed substantive fines on Amazon and Google for allegedly placing...more

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French State Council Upholds CNIL’s €50M Fine for GDPR Violations

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The Council decision contains useful considerations and clarifications on the “one-stop shop” mechanism, transparency obligations, and consent for targeted advertising. On 19 June 2020, France’s Highest Administrative...more

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French Data Protection Authority Issues Draft Recommendations on Consent for Cookies

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The Situation: On July 4, 2019, the French data protection authority ("CNIL") published revised guidelines on the implementation of cookies or similar tracking technologies in order to take into account the new requirements...more

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March 2019 IP Update: Europe’s One-Stop Shop for Privacy Regulation: For EU Companies Only?

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One key aspect of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is its aim of streamlining the regulatory process by providing “one-stop shopping”: the opportunity to deal with a single regulator with respect to all data...more

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Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - August 2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine Brazil's new data protection regulation, the French data protection authority's warning to two companies of potential GDPR violations and the U.S....more

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