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Authors: Denise Lebeau-Marianna, Divya Shanmugathas and Lucie Dubecq-Princeteau

On 15 March 2023, the French Supervisory Authority (the “CNIL”) unveiled in a post its four key priorities regarding its upcoming investigations for 2023 targeting specific sectors (I), to which it added another topic related to DPO in line with the coordinated enforcement framework of…

Continue Reading France: the CNIL has released its annual dawn raid Program for 2023: four national priorities and one priority coming from the EDPB!

Authors: Denise Lebeau-Marianna, Tess Muckensturm and Divya Shanmugathas

Since our last post, the French Supervisory Authority (the “CNIL”) has published a Q&A and a post on June 7, 2022 regarding Google Analytics, where it highlights the key points of its formal notices and gives some practical advice to website operators.

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Continue Reading FRANCE: The CNIL provides further insights following its formal notices against the use of Google Analytics

The French Supervisory Authority (the “CNIL”) sent a Formal Notice to a web operator using Google Analytics ordering to comply. Though the decision has been taken against one web site it should apply to the use of Google Analytics in general.

It should be noted that the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS…
Continue Reading FRANCE: the CNIL is aligned with the Austrian Supervisory Authority – the use of Google Analytics leads to illegal transfers to the United States!