France

France GDPR Fines

This database records 191 enforcement actions in France, including cookie consent and broader data protection cases. Of these, 107 are positive monetary fines, totalling €1.2B. The average across those monetary fines is €11.3M. Counts include non-fine outcomes; amounts exclude non-fine, zero and negative records. Data sourced from GDPRhub and CMS Enforcement Tracker.

Enforcement actions
191
Total monetary fines
€1.2B
Average monetary fine
€11.3M

Enforcement Actions in France

Court case 466856

June 2023
final
No monetary fine

CRITEO

June 2023
final
Cannot Withdraw Cookie Consent
Cookies Placed Before Consent
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
Unclear Cookie Information
€40.0M

KG COM

June 2023
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
€150K

Doctissimo

May 2023
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
€380K

Clearview AI

May 2023
final
€5.2M

CNIL

May 2023
final
No monetary fine

Court case 22PA01320

April 2023
final
No monetary fine

Cityscoot

March 2023
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
€125K

VOODOO (the controller)

December 2022
final
Cookies Persist After Rejection
Cookies Placed Before Consent
Misleading Banner Messaging
No Reject Button
Reject Harder Than Accept
€3.0M

TikTok

December 2022
final
Cookies Persist After Rejection
Cookies Placed Before Consent
Reject Harder Than Accept
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
€5.0M

Apple Distribution

December 2022
final
Pre-ticked Consent Boxes
€8.0M

Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited

December 2022
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
Misleading Banner Messaging
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
Unclear Cookie Information
€60.0M

FREE SAS

December 2022
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
€300K

Free

November 2022
final
€300K

ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE

November 2022
final
€600K

Electricité de France

November 2022
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
Unclear Cookie Information
€600K

Discord

November 2022
final
€800K

DISCORD INC.

November 2022
final
€800K

Clearview AI Inc.

October 2022
final
€20.0M

VD

September 2022
final
No monetary fine

GIE INFOGREFFE

September 2022
final
€250K

GIE INFOGREFFE

September 2022
final
€250K

Accor

August 2022
final
Cannot Withdraw Cookie Consent
No Reject Button
Pre-ticked Consent Boxes
Reject Harder Than Accept
Unclear Cookie Information
€600K

UBEEQO INTERNATIONAL

July 2022
final
€175K

Amazon Europe Core

June 2022
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
Unclear Cookie Information
No monetary fine

TotalEnergies Electricité et Gaz France

June 2022
final
€1.0M

DEDALUS BIOLOGIE

April 2022
final
€1.5M

noyb

February 2022
final
No monetary fine

CNIL

January 2022
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
No Reject Button
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
Unclear Cookie Information
No monetary fine

Facebook Ireland Limited

December 2021
final
Cookies Placed Before Consent
No Reject Button
Reject Harder Than Accept
Third-Party Cookies Without Consent
€60.0M