France demands firm stop using Google Analytics over US intelligence fears
A French company has been ordered to cease using Google Analytics as authorities say there is a GDPR “risk” that US intelligence services may access the data.
France’s data protection authority, which has previously said Apple advertising may contravene GDPR laws, has now concluded that accessing Google Analytics definitely does. Citing the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, it as ordered at least one French firm to cease using the Google service.According to Le Monde, the National Commission for Informatics and Liberties (CNIL) has issued a formal statement regarding the unnamed company. “The site manager has one month to comply,” says the statement (in translation), as seen by Le Monde.
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