French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) · 10 November 2022
DISCORD INC.
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
Fine€800,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)
- Decided
- 10 November 2022
- Country
- France
- Sector
- Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2022/FR/003
What happened
The French DPA imposed a fine of €800,000 on Discord, an online communication platform. Among other things, the controller had no data retention policy, did not secure the data with a password that was strong enough, and should have conducted a data protection impact assessment.
Summary from the GDPRhub page for this decision, written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
- Art. 5Principles relating to processing of personal data5(1)(e)Read →
- Art. 13Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subjectRead →
- Art. 25Data protection by design and by default25(2)Read →
- Art. 32Security of processingRead →
- Art. 35Data protection impact assessmentRead →
- Accountability
- DPIA
- Data principles
- Data security
- Transparency
Sources
The facts on this page come from the sources above, as they recorded them. Nothing has been estimated or filled in. Not legal advice.
Spotted a mistake? Write to angelillolorenzo@gmail.com and quote 2022/FR/003.