France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, issued a response to the potential $888 million fine against Amazon by Luxembourg’s National Commission for Data Protection. The CNIL said Luxembourg’s decision, which follows a complaint by La Quadrature du Net, is “of an unprecedented scale and marks a turning point in the application of the (EU General Data Protection Regulation) and the protection of the rights of European nationals.”
CNIL: $888M GDPR fine against Amazon is of ‘unprecedented scale’
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