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French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) · 12 October 2023

GROUPE CANAL +

Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights

Fine€600,000Fine issued
Regulator
French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)
Decided
12 October 2023
Country
France
Sector
Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
Regulator’s reference
Not recorded
Fino case number
2023/FR/006
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What happened

The French DPA fined GROUPE CANAL+ €600,000 after receiving 31 complaints for the failure to comply with several GDPR Articles. The fine relates in particular to ‘cold’ calls, the exercise of rights by the data subjects, safety issues concerning the company's employees’ passwords and the company’s failure to notify the DPA when a serious personal data breach took place in 2020.

Summary from the GDPRhub page for this decision, written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Rules involved

  • Consent
  • Data breach
  • Data security
  • Data subject rights
  • Processor obligations
  • Transparency

Sources

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