{"id":13910,"date":"2025-12-09T09:55:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T08:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optimalways.com\/2025\/12\/cookies-vie-privee-la-cnil-frappe-fort-avec-225-me-damendes\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T08:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:37:30","slug":"cookies-vie-privee-la-cnil-frappe-fort-avec-225-me-damendes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimalways.com\/en\/2025\/12\/cookies-vie-privee-la-cnil-frappe-fort-avec-225-me-damendes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cookies &amp; privacy: CNIL hits back with \u20ac2.25 million in fines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">The <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">November 27, 2025<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">the CNIL imposed a fine of <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">1.5 million fine<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\"> on American Express Carte France, the French subsidiary of the American Express group.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">A few days earlier, on <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">November 20, 2025<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">the CNIL sanctioned the publisher of the website <\/span><span class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/redir\/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2FVanityFair%2Efr&amp;urlhash=1mkX&amp;trk=article-ssr-frontend-pulse_little-text-block\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking-control-name=\"article-ssr-frontend-pulse_little-text-block\" data-tracking-will-navigate=\"\" data-test-link=\"\">VanityFair.fr<\/a><\/span><span class=\"\"> (Cond\u00e9 Nast Publications) with a fine of <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">750 000 \u20ac<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\"> for breaches relating to cookies.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><span class=\"\">\u2753 Why these fines?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"font-[700]\">\ud83d\udfe6 <strong>American Express Carte France<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"\">Deposit of advertising cookies <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">before any consent<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">or even in spite of a refusal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Reading cookies <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">even after withdrawal of consent<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Direct violations of <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"font-[700]\">\ud83d\udfe7 <strong>VanityFair.fr (Cond\u00e9 Nast Publications)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"\">Deposit of cookies <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">non-essential upon arrival on the site<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Misclassification of cookies as &#8220;strictly necessary <\/span><span class=\"font-[700]\">&#8221; <strong>strictly necessary<\/strong> <\/span><span class=\"\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Refusal mechanism <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">ineffective<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">despite formal notice in 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><span class=\"\">\ud83d\udd0d What it changes &#8211; and what it reminds us of<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"\">CNIL steps up the pressure: <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">zero tolerance<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\"> for depositing cookies without consent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Compliance <strong>is not <\/strong><\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">not a state<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">but <\/span><span class=\"font-[700]\">a <strong>continuous process<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Companies should regularly check that their <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">CMP really works<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Publishers need to audit their practices, especially when it comes to complex technologies such as advertising, measurement and personalization.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><span class=\"\">\ud83d\udccc To remember<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"\">Any installation of non-essential cookies <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">without consent<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\"> is illegal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Consent must be <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">free, clear and informed<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">The <\/span><span class=\"font-[700]\">&#8221; <strong>Refuse all<\/strong> <\/span><span class=\"\"> button must actually prevent cookies from being deposited and read.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Recidivism or inaction can be <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">very costly<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><span class=\"\">\ud83d\udd27 How Optimal Ways can help companies achieve compliance<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Against a backdrop of increasingly stringent CNIL requirements, <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">Optimal Ways helps companies<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\"> to ensure robust, sustainable and <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">and measurable compliance<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Our Data &amp; Digital Analytics expertise enables us to intervene at several levels:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"font-[700]\">1\ufe0f\u20e3 Full audit of cookies and tracers<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"\">Exhaustive mapping of cookies (including third-party tags).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Identification of non-compliant cookies or cookies set without consent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Analysis of TMS and CMP.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"font-[700]\">2\ufe0f\u20e3 Customized compliance recommendations<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"\">Consent banner set up correctly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Setting up the <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">blocking<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\"> for marketing\/advertising cookies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Correct reclassification of necessary vs. consent cookies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"font-[700]\">3\ufe0f\u20e3 Technical implementation &amp; acceptance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"\">TMS configuration to guarantee no deposit without consent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Deployment of CNIL-compliant measurement solutions (server-side, consent mode, etc.).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Regular functional testing in various environments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"font-[700]\">4\ufe0f\u20e3 Training internal teams<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"\">Raising awareness of legal obligations and best practices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">A pedagogical approach to understanding the impact of consent on performance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"font-[700]\">5\ufe0f\u20e3 Ongoing monitoring and updates<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"\">Proactive regulatory watch.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Periodic monitoring and checks to avoid regression.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Support in the event of a CNIL inspection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><span class=\"\">\ud83d\udd12 Our goal<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Ensure a transparent <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">transparent, reliable and compliant data collection environment<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">indispensable for an effective <\/span><strong><span class=\"font-[700]\">strategy<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.optimalways.com\/en\/schedule-a-discovery-call\/\">Plan a discovery call<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The November 27, 2025the CNIL imposed a fine of 1.5 million fine on American Express Carte France, the French subsidiary of the American Express group. 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