CNIL launches investigation of Criteo following PI’s complaint
According to a press release published by Privacy International on March 9th, the CNIL – French Data Protection Authority- has confirmed that it will launch a formal investigation on Criteo about data collection and potential breach of GDPR in data processing and data management.
This follows investigations by the Irish and UK Data Protection Authorities:
- Back in May 2019, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner decided to investigate Quantcast following Privacy International’s submission.
- The UK Information Commissioner has ongoing investigations into several data brokers and credit reference agencies, including Acxiom, Experian and Equifax. In January 2019, the ICO confirmed its focus on the AdTech industry, and in June 2019 published an update report into adtech and real time bidding, citing Privacy International’s submission, which sets out that many of the sector’s practices are unlawful. They continue to investigate.
More information on this is available through Privacy International’s press release.
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