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CNIL IS THE
ONLY REGULATOR THAT
ISSUED ANY KIND OF GDPR
COMPLIANCE GUIDANCE
IN AN EFFORT TO SHED
LIGHT ON COMPLIANCE
REQUIREMENTS.
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of its services, in particular for the purpose of personalisation of
advertising. Investigations carried out by CNIL found two major
concerns in connection with GDPR – that the information provided
by Google relating to its use of data is not easily accessible to users.
Second was concerning the data used for the personalisation of
adverts. The CNIL therefore issued Google with the fine and is the
first time that the data regulation organisation has applied the new
maximum penalties provided by the GPDR.
A spokesperson for Google said the company was studying the
decision to determine its next steps, adding: “People expect high
standards of transparency and control from us. We’re deeply
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