CNIL (France) · 19 December 2022

Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited

Fine€60,000,000Violation found

Regulator: CNIL (France)
Decided: 19 December 2022
Country: France
Sector: Not given
Regulator’s reference: Deliberation SAN-2022-024 of December 20, 2022
Fino case number: 2022/FR/014

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What happened

The French DPA fined Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited €60,000,000 for its website "bing.com" through which it had installed non-essential cookies without valid consent.

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Rules involved

Art. 4Definitions4(11)Read →

How big is it?

Bigger than 89% of the 101 fines in France.

Across the whole database, bigger than 99% of 3,642 fines.

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Same company

2 decisions against Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, €60.0 million in fines.

Decisions in France, Ireland.

Ireland · 1 Sep 2025No fine amount · Art. 12, Art. 15, Art. 5

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Same group: Microsoft

6 decisions against 4 companies in the group, €370.0 million in fines.

Microsoft Corporation (US parent), Microsoft Ireland Operations; LinkedIn has been a Microsoft company since 2016.

LinkedInDecisions in Ireland · 1 decision€310,000,000
Microsoft Ireland Operations LimitedDecisions in France, Ireland · 2 decisions€60,000,000
Microsoft CorporationDecisions in Austria · 2 decisions–
Microsoft Operations Ireland LimitedDecisions in Ireland · 1 decision–

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