France:
CNIL Fines Video Streaming Company Up To €50,000
08 November 2018
by
Laurent De Muyter
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Bastiaan Kout
,
Jonathon Little
,
Martin Lotz
,
Hatziri Minaudier
,
Selma Olthof
,
Audrey Paquet
,
Sara Rizzon
,
Irene Robledo
,
Elizabeth A. Robertson
and
Rhys Thomas
Jones Day
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On July 24, the CNIL fined a company operating in the video
streaming sector up to €50,000 for inadequate security (source
document in French). The company experienced a data incident in
2016 affecting approximately 82.5 million email addresses. The CNIL
determined that the company lacked security measures, such as the
use of encryption when storing the credentials of administrative
accounts or the use of VPN for remote connections.
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