Shein fined €150m by CNIL for placing cookies without consent

The e-commerce platform failed to comply with the French Data Protection Act.

Infinite Styles Services Co Limited, the Irish subsidiary of the Shein group, was fined €150m ($175.7m) by CNIL (France’s data protection agency) for failing to comply with rules relating to cookies placed on users’ devices when they visit shein.com.

CNIL carried out an investigation on the website in August

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