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Email tracking pixels: French personal data authority Cnil toughens the rules
In France, Cnil unveiled on April 14, 2026, a recommendation on email tracking pixels, a key e-commerce question. It now imposes the collection of consent in several use cases, notably linked to...
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17 April 2026
Cookies: French data protection agency Cnil serves formal notice to Carrefour, Back Market and EDF
Cornered by a series of formal notices from Cnil, online retailers are hitting a major obstacle : how to technically manage a consent withdrawal ? While the French PURR association has been...
7 April 2026
France: the text on camera’s surveillance in stores is now expected at the Senate
Following a rejection by the Council of State last June, the National Assembly voted on February 17, 2026 to authorise algorithmic surveillance in retail stores. As the text is due to pass to the...
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20 March 2026
Cyberattack: leak of 37 million customer records at ManoMano
On February 10, 2026, D.I.Y. pure player ManoMano (GMV 2024: 1 billion euros) officially notified customers of a data leak that occurred in January 2026, affecting 37 million customer records...
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20 February 2026
Nacera Bekhat, CNIL: “Walking through a store aisle does not mean I have consented to data processing”
Several vendors, like Veesion and Alfred Eyes, provide smart camera technologies aimed at capturing customer data throughout the store to prevent theft. How do these systems fit with GDPR? Some...
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7 October 2025
GDPR : French data protection agency fines La Samaritaine €100,000
On September 18, the French data protection agency CNIL fined La Samaritaine €100,000 for concealing cameras in storage areas in August 2023. These had been installed to catch employees...
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30 September 2025
Cécile Margnac, Snowflake: “Data clean room can add great value to retail promotional efficiency”
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23 October 2026
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US retailers divided over the rise of autonomous shopping agents
In the US, Gap, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon and eBay are taking very different approaches to agentic commerce. While TV shopping giants QVC and HSN see these new intermediaries as an opportunity to...
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21 October 2026