( November 4, 2022, 16:05 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Belgian media groups have reached General Data Protection Regulation settlements with the national data protection authority for deficient use of advertising cookies on their newspaper websites. The data watchdog has closed the investigations after each company — RTL Belgium, De Tijd, VRT, Mediahuis Groep, DPG Media Group and IPM Group — agreed to pay 10,000 euros. The settlements followed the watchdog's earlier decisions against Belgian news publishers Roularta and Rossel, where each received a fine of 50,000 euros for using cookies on their websites without consent.The decisions are attached in Dutch and French....
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