French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) · 20 November 2025
LES PUBLICATIONS CONDE NAST
Non-compliance with general data processing principles
Fine€750,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)
- Decided
- 20 November 2025
- Country
- France
- Sector
- Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2025/FR/004
What happened
The DPA fined a publisher €750,000 for placing optional cookies without consent on users' devices, failing to provide clear information on “necessary” cookies, and for ineffective mechanisms for refusing and withdrawing consent.
Summary from the GDPRhub page for this decision, written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
The source doesn’t list which GDPR articles were involved.
- Data principles
Sources
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