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title: "FRANCE TRAVAIL fined EUR 5,000,000 (France, 2026)"
canonical: "https://dposchool.com/gdpr/fine/cnil-france-travail-2026-01"
source: "https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/data-breach-france-travail-fined-eur-5-000-000_en"
source_note: "Only the authority's decision is authoritative."
text_as_of: "2026-10-28"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-29"
language: "en"
publisher: "DPO School"
---

Fine · France

# FRANCE TRAVAIL: EUR 5,000,000

[Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/about#review)

- **Authority:** Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL)
- **Country:** France
- **Date:** Decision of 22 January 2026
- **Amount:** EUR 5,000,000, as imposed (not converted)
- **Appeal status:** Unknown
- **Provisions cited:** [Article 32](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/32)

## What the fine was for (summary, not the official text)

Public employment service: weak authentication, poor logging and over-broad access rights let attackers using social engineering reach data on everyone registered over 20 years.

## Official source

- [Decision or announcement of the authority](https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/data-breach-france-travail-fined-eur-5-000-000_en)

Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.

Only the authority's decision is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.

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