France:
CNIL Sanctions Company For Breaches Of French Data Protection Law
30 September 2016
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Richard Johnson
,
Anand Varadarajan
and
Nicole Perry
Jones Day
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On July 7, the CNIL fined (source document in French) Brandalley
€30,000 for multiple breaches of French data protection laws.
Violations included: failure to request credit card fraud
authorizations from CNIL; failure to set up a data retention period
for clients' data; and failure to implement sufficient measures
to ensure the security and confidentiality of internet users'
personal data.
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