Namens Criteo SA “and its affiliates and subsidiaries” heeft haar advocaat op 2 oktober 2023 aan de advocaat van [geïntimeerde] de volgende reactie op de sommaties 2) tot en met 6) uit de brief van 8 augustus 2023 gemaild:
“2) (i) Confirmed that Criteo SA is a data controller.
(ii) All processing activities conducted by Criteo for the purpose of providing its services.
(iii) Criteo SA acts as the data controller for the entire Criteo group.
3) The data export in the attached excel sheet (Appendix 1) contains the personal data in Criteo's systems relating to the communicated cookie ID. In addition, the attached data description table (Appendix 2) explains the contents of the data export. To be clear, if a table in Appendix 1 is empty this means that Criteo does not process any such personal data relating to the communicated cookie ID.
4) (i) Criteo has passed on the data of the communicated cookie ID to its legal advisors at [bedrijf] (…) and will do so if necessary to courts, if they are relevant to legal proceedings.
In accordance with article 15 (1) of the GDPR [General Data Protection Regulation = AVG, opm. hof], the categories of recipients of personal data are:
-Supply-side platforms
-Data platforms
-Partners allowing us to match several identifiers
-Partners allowing us to fight against fraud
-Partners allowing us to locate you inaccurately
-Partners of Criteo's clients
-Our subsidiaries and affiliates
-Any recipient necessary to comply with legal, regulatory, judicial or administrative obligations
(ii) The personal data in Criteo's systems related to the communicated cookie ID is included in Appendix 1.
5) Criteo has deleted the communicated cookie ID from its system, so that Criteo can no longer assign any data to the communicated cookie ID and will also no longer collect any data on the communicated cookie ID in the future. Appendix 1 itself will, however, continue to be stored outside the Criteo system until the legal claim related to it has ended.
6) Criteo is notifying the recipients mentioned in the report dated September 1, 2023 that was provided as part of [geïntimeerde] 's legal claim against Criteo (…), in order to enable them to erase personal data related to the communicated cookie ID.
Conclusion
Criteo considers to have fulfilled the above requests to exercise data subject rights in accordance with the GDPR.”