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.
  • .DonutsEnglish
    8•6 hours ago

    For these two breaches, the restricted committee decided to impose a sanction on ORANGE, which is composed of:

    • an administrative fine of 50 million euros, which was made public.
    • an order to stop reading cookies after the withdrawal of consent by the person concerned, within three months, with a fine of 100,000 euros per day overdue.

    Not bad.

    The ads looked like this (artistic render!):