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Deezer subcontractor handed €1m French GDPR fine for data processing failings

( December 19, 2025, 09:44 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Mobius Solutions, a subcontractor of the French music streaming app Deezer, has been fined €1 million for breaching the GDPR, the French privacy watchdog said on Friday. Contracted to carry out personalized advertising for Deezer, Mobius Solutions failed to delete data of more than 46 million users at the end of the contract with Deezer and copied data unauthorized. Moreover, the company didn’t keep records of its activities as a data processor in a mandatory registry, the CNIL said.Statement follows, decision attached (both in French). ...

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