The European Union’s AI Act, age verification and keeping biometrics out of surveillance during the Paris Olympics were among the top topics for the French data privacy watchdog in 2023. The agency, known as Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés, or CNIL, published a report on its activity during the year, showing a 35 percent increase in public complaints related to data privacy.
The agency has been cracking down on more biometrics providers, including rifling through Worldcoin’s offices in Paris and issuing additional fines to Clearview. Overall, CNIF carried out 340 investigations in 2023, issuing twice as many sanctions as the previous year and collecting more than 89.1 million euros in fines.
