French watchdog fines Bouygues for data security breach

[December 27, 2018]  PARIS, France (Reuters) - French data privacy watchdog CNIL on Thursday fined telecoms company Bouygues 250,000 euros ($284,825.00) for a security breach that affected the personal data of around two million clients for over two years.

The logo of Bouygues Telecom is seen at the entrance of a shop in Nice, France October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

The CNIL said Bouygues failed in its obligation to ensure the security of the data on its website. It said the issue has been fixed by the company.

(Reporting by Bate Felix, Editing by Inti Landauro)

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