France’s data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, issued a 50 million euro fine to telecommunications firm Orange for alleged violations of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code and French Data Protection Act. The CNIL found Orange would send users of its email service advertisements to their inbox that populated alongside regular emails without their consent. Additionally, the CNIL claimed Orange.fr users who withdrew consent for the use of cookies still had their cookies read by the company.
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