The French regulator also said that even after users indicated they no longer wanted cookies, or tracking code, following them on the web, Orange allowed previously stored cookies to continue capturing their internet activity, a violation of the French Data Protection Act.
  • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    14·
    11 days ago

    How long has this been going on, and how much money have they made?

    • .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      11 days ago

      The amount of this fine was decided on the basis of the very high number of people concerned (over 7.8 million people having seen the advertisements in question in their inboxes), as well as the company’s market position as France’s leading telecommunications operator. The restricted committee also took into account the financial advantage derived from the breach relating to advertisements inserted among emails.

    • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.websiteEnglish
      7·
      11 days ago

      Yeah, I would additionally like to see fines be in units of revenue — $50M means wildly different things to different organizations.