The French regulator also said that even after users indicated they no longer wanted cookies, or tracking code, following them on the web, Orange allowed previously stored cookies to continue capturing their internet activity, a violation of the French Data Protection Act.
  • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    12·
    11 days ago

    How long has this been going on, and how much money have they made?

    • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.websiteEnglish
      6·
      11 days ago

      Yeah, I would additionally like to see fines be in units of revenue — $50M means wildly different things to different organizations.

  • grrgyle@slrpnk.netEnglish
    6·
    11 days ago

    Good, but a fine seems like they got off easy. Someone made the decision. Where are their consequences?

  • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    11 days ago

    For context:

    In 2023, the telecommunications company Orange generated around 17.73 billion euros in revenue in France. The revenue of Orange in the European country has fluctuated over recent years and peaked at around 18.5 billion euros in 2020.

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