The Cnil, French gendarme of personal data, has opened an investigation into how the social network Clubhouse uses the private information of its users, she announced in a statement on Wednesday.
"The investigation should make it possible to confirm" if the European legislation on data protection (RGPD) "is applicable to the company and to determine if (it) is unrecognized" specified the CNIL, explaining that in case of no respect, it could "if necessary, make use of its own repressive powers".
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In France, "a petition gathering to date more than 10,000 signatures is currently circulating to alert the Cnil to possible breaches of privacy by the Clubhouse application", indicated the Cnil in its press release.
According to the CNIL, according to its initial verifications, Clubhouse has "no establishment in the European Union".
The French gendarme is therefore entitled to conduct his own procedure, "like each of his European counterparts," she explained.
