French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) · 26 July 2021
Monsanto Company
Insufficient fulfilment of information obligations
Fine€400,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)
- Decided
- 26 July 2021
- Country
- France
- Sector
- Industry and Commerce
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2021/FR/008
What happened
The French DPA fined Monsanto €400,000 for creating files containing the personal data of more than 200 French and European political figures for the purpose of lobbying, without informing the data subjects, and without executing a data processing agreement with the relevant processor.
Summary from the GDPRhub page for this decision, written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
- Art. 14Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subjectRead →
- Art. 28ProcessorRead →
- Processor obligations
- Transparency
Sources
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