French data protection authority CNIL on June 6 levied a €400,000 (U.S. $453,000) fine on Sergic, a French real estate services provider, for failing to adequately protect the data of users of its Website and for implementing inappropriate procedures for storing data in violation of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. 

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