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  France to Use AI-Powered Surveillance During 2024 Paris Olympics Despite Warnings From Rights Groups

  France on Thursday approved the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for the upcoming 2024 Pris Olympics, with algorithmic video surveillance to detect "pre-determined events", abnormal behaviour and crowd surges. The French National assembly approved the use of the technology despite warnings from rights groups that have said the AI-based technolo...

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  Microsoft Fined EUR 60 Million by French Privacy Watchdog Over Advertising Cookies on Bing Website

  Microsoft was fined EUR 60 million (roughly Rs. 530 crore) by the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) for forcing advertising cookies on users on its Bing website. The French regulator said Microsoft's search engine Bing did not allow users to refuse cookies as simply as accepting them.

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  Google Sends 'Spam Emails' With Inbox Ads Despite EU Court Judgement, Privacy Group Says

  Google faces a privacy complaint over claims that the company sends 'spam emails' to users' inboxes, without their consent, in breach of a European Union court order. An Austria-based privacy advocacy group has filed a complaint with the Commission Nationale de l'informatique et des Libertés, or CNIL, France's data protection authority.

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  Google Analytics May Provide Access to US Intelligence Access to French Users' Data: CNIL

  Google Analytics risks giving US intelligence services access to French website users' data, France's watchdog CNIL said.

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  Facebook, Google Face EUR 150-Million French Fine for Cookie Breaches

  French data privacy watchdog CNIL said it had fined Google a record EUR 150 million (roughly Rs. 1,265 crore) for making it difficult for Internet users to refuse online trackers known as cookies.

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  Clearview AI Facial Recognition Company Breached Privacy Law: French Watchdog CNIL

  France's data privacy watchdog CNIL has ordered Clearview AI, a facial recognition company that has collected 10 billion images worldwide, to stop amassing and using data from people based in the country.

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  Apple Gets Boost in French Privacy Fight, But Still Faces Probe

  Apple gained on Wednesday as France's antitrust watchdog rejected advertisers' requests to suspend the iPhone maker's upcoming privacy feature. Apple's new 'App Tracking Transparency' feature allows users to block advertisers from tracking them across different applications.

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  Clubhouse Faces Data Privacy Probe From French Watchdog CNIL

  France's data privacy watchdog CNIL said that it had opened an investigation into Clubhouse, the US audio chat app that has become a social media hit.

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  Apple to Face Complaint From French Startup Lobby Over Data Privacy

  France Digitale will file a complaint against Apple with data privacy watchdog CNIL over alleged breaches of European Union rules, France's leading startup lobby said in a statement.

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  Google Fined EUR 100 Million, Amazon Fined EUR 35 Million by French Watchdog CNIL for Breaching Cookie Rules

  France's data privacy watchdog CNIL has handed out its biggest-ever fine of EUR 100 million (roughly Rs. 900 crores) to Google and EUR 35 million (roughly Rs. 300 crores) to Amazon for breaching the country's rules on online advertising trackers, or cookies.

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  France Imposes 135 Million Euros In Fines On Google, Amazon

  France's CNIL data privacy watchdog said Thursday it had fined two Google units a total of 100 million euros and an Amazon subsidiary 35 million euros over advertising cookies.

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  TikTok Faces Preliminary Investigation by French Data Privacy Watchdog CNIL

  TikTok, the Chinese short-form video sharing app owned by ByteDance, is subject to a preliminary investigation by French data privacy watchdog CNIL. TikTok is already under investigation over privacy concerns by the US, European Union, and Dutch authorities.

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  Google to Appeal EUR 50 Million French Data Consent Fine

  Google said Wednesday it would appeal a record EUR 50-million fine imposed by France's data regulator for failing to meet the EU's strict new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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  Google Fined $57 Million by France for First Major Violation of EU's GDPR Data Privacy Rules

  France's top data-privacy agency, known as the CNIL, said Monday that Google failed to fully disclose to users how their personal information is collected and what happens to it.

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  WhatsApp Data Sharing With Facebook Requires User Consent, French Privacy Watchdog Says

  The French data protection authority - CNIL - said on Monday it had told WhatsApp to comply with the order within one month.