( June 30, 2022, 08:47 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: TotalEnergies Electricité et Gaz France has been fined 1 million euros by the national data protection authority for failing to comply with both the EU and the national rules concerning commercial advertising and data subjects’ rights. Following numerous complaints against the company over a failure of a data subject's right to access and to refuse direct marketing calls, the watchdog identified violations of Article 12, 14, 15 and 21 of the GDPR, as well as of the national rules regarding electronic communications. The regulator said that the company had, among other things, failed to inform the data subjects of processing their data, nor had it fulfilled the customer's right to access or responded to the information request on time.The statement follows. The decision is attached in French. ...
Prepare for tomorrow’s regulatory change, today
MLex identifies risk to business wherever it emerges, with specialist reporters across the globe providing exclusive news and deep-dive analysis on the proposals, probes, enforcement actions and rulings that matter to your organization and clients, now and in the longer term.
Know what others in the room don’t, with features including:
- Daily newsletters for Antitrust, M&A, Trade, Data Privacy & Security, Technology, AI and more
- Custom alerts on specific filters including geographies, industries, topics and companies to suit your practice needs
- Predictive analysis from expert journalists across North America, the UK and Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific
- Curated case files bringing together news, analysis and source documents in a single timeline
Experience MLex today with a 14-day free trial.