France fines ad tech giant €40m over GDPR breaches

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France fines ad tech giant €40m over GDPR breaches
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France fines ad tech giant €40m over GDPR breaches

Criteo argues its actions were unintentional and did not cause any harm

France's data protection authority CNIL has imposed a €40 million fine on Criteo, the ad tech giant headquartered in Paris, for GDPR violations in its handling of personal data for targeted adverti...

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