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CNIL · Décisions

Consult decisions, sanctions and guidance published by France’s data protection authority.

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Consult decisions, sanctions and guidance published by France’s data protection authority.

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Decision number and date, issuing body, parties, operative part, full-text URL and known appeal status.

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A sanction or recommendation concerns dated facts and law; it is not by itself a universal rule.

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