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Find privacy failures you can check in your own systems

You can compare 5 cases in one place. Each case links the regulator’s account to technical behaviour and checks for your own systems.

  • Sephora

    $1.2m

    Civil penalties

    California DOJ · California, US ·

    Ignored opt-out signals

  • Honda

    $633k

    Administrative fine

    CPPA · California, US ·

    Unequal choices or identity checks

  • Todd Snyder

    $345k

    Administrative fine

    CPPA · California, US ·

    Unequal choices or identity checks · Failed opt-out controls

  • Healthline

    $1.55m

    Civil penalties

    California DOJ · California, US ·

    Failed opt-out controls · Sensitive context in event data

  • SHEIN

    €150m

    Administrative fine

    CNIL · France ·

    Cookies before choice or after refusal

in penalties
€150m · $3.73m
settlements and sanctions
5
types of technical failure
5
years in this selection
2022–2025

5 of 5 cases

  • SHEIN

    CNIL found that the site placed cookies before consent. It also found cookie reads or writes after refusal or withdrawal.

    Cookies before choice or after refusal

    France · French Data Protection Act, Article 82

    Announced

    CNIL sanction announced

    CNIL source
  • Healthline

    The California DOJ alleged that opt-outs failed. It also alleged that disclosed data could suggest a prior medical diagnosis.

    Failed opt-out controls · Sensitive context in event data

    California, US · CCPA

    Announced

    Settlement announced

    California DOJ source
  • Todd Snyder

    The CPPA alleged that the privacy portal failed to process opt-out requests for 40 days.

    Unequal choices or identity checks · Failed opt-out controls

    California, US · CCPA

    Announced

    Stipulated order announced

    CPPA source
  • Honda

    The CPPA challenged unequal choices and unnecessary identity checks in Honda’s privacy process.

    Unequal choices or identity checks

    California, US · CCPA

    Announced

    Stipulated order announced

    CPPA source
  • Sephora

    The California DOJ alleged that Sephora ignored Global Privacy Control (GPC) opt-outs. It also alleged that Sephora did not disclose sales of personal information.

    Ignored opt-out signals

    California, US · CCPA

    Announced

    Settlement announced

    California DOJ source