Papel.fr was fined 100,000 euros by the European Commission for Information Technology and Liberties. The fine was imposed for breaches of the European Data Protection Act of 1998.
The breach involved the failure of the company to comply with the rules on data protection. The company was also fined for failing to provide the correct information to the public about the nature of the breach. The fines were imposed on the company on January 31, 2014. The European Commission announced the fine on February 1, 2014, at 11:30am.