According to the regulator, a tracker collected browsing history without prior consent to personalise product recommendations and train the associated algorithm. The inspection followed a complaint by NOYB.
Fnac Darty Participations et Services was fined €6 million and Fnac Direct €1 million. The CNIL says these uses did not qualify for exemptions covering certain strictly necessary trackers. The development on 29 October is the public disclosure of the sanction, rather than the date it was imposed.