The National Commission for Computing and Liberties is banging its fist on the table. The personal data protection authority issued formal notice to sites that use the Google Analytics system on February 10. This device allows the transfer of data from European Internet users to the United States.
The Google Analytics system allows almost all websites in the world to have statistics on the use of their platform and to analyze the behavior of their visitors. Corn the CNIL noted that the information collected was repatriated to the United States.
This device therefore contravenes many articles of the European General Data Protection Regulation.
” The progress of this decision, which follows a first Austrian decision two weeks ago, is that we no longer look at the place where the data is but the nationality of an IT service provider, explains Maître Etienne Drouard, digital lawyer at Hogan Lovells. It is not Google services that are targeted but French websites that use Google services. They risk a fine of up to 2% of their consolidated worldwide turnover. This is to tell you how important this decision is “.
The Cnil has already served notice on a manager of a French website, whose name has not been revealed, for having used the Google Analytics device. The Commission insists on the possibility that the American intelligence services with these data transfers can get their hands on the personal information of Internet users or that of European companies.