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Leading French internet operator cops hefty fine for unsolicited ads

France's largest internet operator Orange was on Tuesday slapped with a fine of €50 million ($53-million) fine for sending unsolicited adverts resembling emails to customers. The company says it will appeal what it calls a "disproportionate" amount.

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Privacy fears grow as France extends AI surveillance beyond Olympics

Privacy fears grow as France extends AI surveillance beyond Olympics

France’s decision to extend AI-powered video surveillance in public spaces until March 2025 is stirring fears over privacy and civil liberties. Critics argue that the technology, introduced for the 2024 Olympics, could lead to discriminatory practices and excessive monitoring.

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Amazon Appeals .6 Million Fine By French Regulator

Amazon Appeals .6 Million Fine By French Regulator

Amazon appeals .6 million fine for privacy breach in France over employee monitoring. Legal battle ahead with far-reaching implications for data privacy...

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Amazon French Warehouses Unit Fined 32 Million Euros

France's data protection agency said Tuesday it had fined Amazon's French warehouse management unit 32 million euros ($34.9 million) for an "excessively intrusive" surveillance system to monitor staff performance.

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French privacy watchdog raises alarms over OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s “questionable” Worldcoin venture

The French agency CNIL said it initiated an investigation into the company.

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How Ireland became EU's reluctant data privacy enforcer

Paris (AFP) - Five years after the EU introduced a mammoth data privacy law to rein in big tech, Ireland's watchdog is its chief enforcer.Critics say this helps explain why the regulation is failing.

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Health website Doctissimo fined €380,000 by French privacy watchdog

Health website Doctissimo fined €380,000 by French privacy watchdog

The health website Doctissimo has been fined €380,000 for breaches of personal data, the French digital rights watchdog CNIL has said.

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EU to launch AI task force as ChatGPT probed for alleged data breaches

EU to launch AI task force as ChatGPT probed for alleged data breaches

The European Union's central data regulator has announced it is forming a task force to help countries deal with popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, ramping up the pressure on its US maker OpenAI.

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Consumer Privacy Protection Act could lead to fines for deceptive designs in apps and websites

Consumer Privacy Protection Act could lead to fines for deceptive designs in apps and websites

Canada’s proposed Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA) prohibits online consent processes that are deceptive or misleading.

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Sexting chatbot ban points to looming battle over AI rules

Sexting chatbot ban points to looming battle over AI rules

Paris (AFP) - Users of the Replika "virtual companion" just wanted company.Some of them wanted romantic relationships, sex chat, or even racy pictures of their chatbot.

Paris 2024 Olympic security bill could enable use of surveillance using artificial intelligence

Paris 2024 Olympic security bill could enable use of surveillance using artificial intelligence

The NGO Amnesty International France and some left-wing politicians have expressed concern over the Olympic security bill being debated in the French Senate this week. The text would legalise the use of surveillance based on artificial intelligence systems for the first time, measures that could reach beyond the scope of…

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France fines Microsoft €60m for imposing advertising cookies

France fines Microsoft €60m for imposing advertising cookies

France’s data privacy regulator has fined tech giant Microsoft 60 million euros – the watchdog's largest fine of 2022 – for making it easier for users of its search engine to accept advertising cookies than to refuse them, and failing to conform to EU regulations.

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France fines Microsoft 60 million euros over advertising cookies

France fines Microsoft 60 million euros over advertising cookies

Paris (AFP) - France's privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined US tech giant Microsoft 60 million euros ($64 million) for foisting advertising cookies on users.

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Privacy complaint filed in France targets Google over unsolicited ad emails

Google has breached a European Union court ruling by sending spam emails directly to the inbox of Gmail users, says an Austrian advocacy group in a complaint filed on Wednesday with France's data protection watchdog.

Privacy activists target Google over French 'spam' emails

Paris (AFP) - Google is breaking EU law by sending users of its email service Gmail direct advertising messages, activists said in a complaint sent to French regulators on Wednesday.

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Privacy Complaint Targets Google over Unsolicited Ad Emails

Google has breached a European Union court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to the inbox of Gmail users, Austrian advocacy group noyb.eu said on Wednesday in a complaint filed with France's data protection watchdog. The Alphabet unit, whose revenues mainly come from online advertising, should ask Gmail users…

How European rulings imperil flagship Google product

Paris (AFP) - Lax laws and sweetheart deals are becoming a thing of the past for big tech firms, particularly in Europe where a series of rulings is posing a major threat to one of Google's flagship products.

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Google Faces Scrutiny From French, Russian Regulators: All You Need To Know

France's watchdog CNIL alleged Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google Analytics of giving U.S. intelligence services access to French website users' data, Reuters reports. The regulator alleged the U.S. tech giant lacking sufficient measures to guarantee data privacy rights under European Union regulation when transferring data between Europe and the U.S. The French website…

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Cookies: I looked at 50 well-known websites and most are gathering our data illegally

The owners of Google and Facebook were both heavily fined for using cookies illegally at the tail end of 2021 by the French data protection authority, Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Liberté (CNIL). On the French versions of Google, its sister platform YouTube, and Facebook, users were being asked…

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