Security News > 2018 > June > French company fined 250,000 euros for a data leak

CNIL, the French data protection authority, has decided to impose a 250,000 euro fine on Optical Center, a French company selling eye and hearing aids, because it failed to secure the data of customers that ordered products via its website. The CNIL was first informed of a “significant data leak” affecting the company’s site (www.optical-center.fr) in July 2017. After an online check they discovered that, by entering several URLs in a browser’s address bar, … More → The post French company fined 250,000 euros for a data leak appeared first on Help Net Security.
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