French Data Protection Authority

The French data protection authority, the CNIL, has published its annual report for 2021 (in French)  which contains some useful information and figures notably on complaints, investigations and sanctions as well as standards of references issued by the CNIL in relation to specific processing activities.

  1. Complaints, Investigations and Sanctions

Complaints

In 2021, the CNIL received…

The French data protection authority, the CNIL, has undertaken a long-term campaign to ensure the effectiveness of such its cookie rules under the moto: “refusing cookies should be as easy as accepting them”.

Its investigation and enforcement program started in October 2020, first based on the old 2013 version of the cookies rules…