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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -
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AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - France

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France actively participates in international efforts and the EU AI Act negotiations, and proposes sector-specific laws. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) Currently, there are no specific...more

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AI Developers - Make Sure You Are Compliant With the GDPR!

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The CNIL’s newly released recommendations for AI system developers set out the regulator’s expectations for the entire development process of an AI system, from design to database creation and integration, ensuring...more

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GDPR – Company Fined for Improper Data Collection

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The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) recently imposed a EUR 310,000 fine, representing 1% of its turnover, on FORIOU, a telemarketing company promoting loyalty programs. The fine stemmed from FORIOU’s use of...more

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CNIL Fines Canal+ Over Marketing and Data Security Concerns

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The French Data Protection Authority announced a €600,000 fine against Groupe Canal+ over concerns with the media company’s direct marketing activities. According to the CNIL, the company sent users email marketing without...more

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AI Insights: Public Consultation Period Closes for French CNIL Guidance on GDPR-Compliant Development of AI Systems

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On 16 October 2023, France’s Data Protection Authority, the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL), issued a set of guidelines for complying with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when...more

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Paris Litigation Gazette - Issue 4 - October 2023

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In an important judgment handed down on 29 June 2023 (Case C-211/22), the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") ruled that a vertical agreement to fix minimum prices does not necessarily constitute a restriction...more

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France’s Take on Artificial Intelligence and on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act Under Discussion

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“I would like France to be one of the leaders in artificial intelligence; I would like Europe to be one of the leaders in artificial intelligence.” This statement by President Emmanuel Macron in 2018 sets out clearly the...more

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DSIR Deeper Dive: How International and Domestic Regulatory Enforcement Spotlights the Information Governance Tensions Between...

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As we noted in our 2023 DSIR, there has been a flurry of activity within the information governance space, at home and abroad. This activity deserves further analysis, because while it seems from a distance that there are...more

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UK Data Regulator Joins Scrutiny of WorldCoin

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WorldCoin is a cryptocurrency project which uses iris scanning technology to issue a “World ID” as a digital identifier. Privacy concerns over WorldCoin have been voiced by several data protection authorities worldwide....more

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CNIL Fines Health Website for Unlawful Data Processing

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The French Data Protection Authority imposed a €280,000 fine for GDPR infringements and a €100,000 fine for violation of French cookie rules. On 11 May 2023 the French Data Protection Authority (the CNIL) handed down its...more

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What is “Data Minimization”? Could This Be a Future Hot Issue for U.S. Privacy Litigation?

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On March 16, 2023, the French Data Protection Agency (the “CNIL”) imposed a fine of € 25,000 on the company CITYSCOOT in connection with a finding that CITYSCOOT failed to comply with the obligation to ensure data...more

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CNIL Weighs in On GDPR Applicability to US Company

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The French Data Protection Authority capped off 2022 by terminating an investigation into Lusha Systems, Inc.’s compliance with GDPR. CNIL concluded that the law did not apply to the US company’s activities...more

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European Regulators Provide Some Key Clarifications on Cookie Banners

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The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a draft report of the work undertaken by the Cookie Banner Taskforce (the Report). The Report describes how regulators apply cookie legislation in handling certain types of...more

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Paris Litigation Gazette - Issue 1

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Welcome to the first edition of the Litigation Gazette. Each quarter, BCLP's Paris team keep you informed of the main litigation news in competition law, commercial litigation, labor law, IP/IT/Data and compliance. In this...more

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Make Sure You Have a Good Data Retention Plan. You Need It.

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You need a data retention plan. No really. And not just in the European Union. In California too. Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) has fined messaging platform Discord 800,000 EUR for (non...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 20

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Pelosi Statement Dims the Lights on ADPPA - The prospects for the nation’s first comprehensive data privacy law, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (the “ADPPA” or the “Bill”), dimmed after House Speaker Nancy...more

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EDPB Rules on Conflict Between Data Protection Authorities

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The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) on June 15, 2022 issued a final decision in a rare exercise of its authority under Article 65 GDPR to resolve cross-border disputes between different data protection supervisory...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 19

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CJEU: Special Category Data Just Got More Complicated - On August 1, 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) delivered a preliminary ruling on the legal interpretation of special categories of personal...more

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Compliance in France in 2022

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The year 2021 and early 2022 proved eventful for compliance and white-collar crime in France, especially for anti-bribery and compliance activity. Agencies are continuing to build on Sapin II by incrementally defining...more

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Breach of Patients’ Data Leads to Heavy Sanctions in France

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At the end of February 2021, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) found out via the media about a massive personal data breach involving health-related data of about 500,000 French patients. After more than a year of...more

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French Supervisory Authority Publishes Guidance on the Use of Website Analytics in Compliance With GDPR Requirements

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Following the 2020 Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) ruling invalidating the Privacy Shield (see our alert here), personal data transfers from the European Union to the United States required EU companies to...more

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What Can the California Privacy Protection Agency Learn From Europe?

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What can the California Privacy Protection Agency learn from the EU experience as it gets ready to draft regulations regarding DPIAs? Here is a recap of my remarks from the CPRA Regulations Stakeholder Session:...more

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Colorado Attorney General Seeks Rulemaking Comments for the Colorado Privacy Act

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Colorado Attorney General Seeks Rulemaking Comments for the Colorado Privacy Act - With the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking set for fall 2022, Colorado’s Attorney General office is currently inviting preliminary comments for...more

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Transferring Data from the EU: What to Take Away from the Recent Google Analytics GDPR Rulings

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Companies using Google Analytics (“Analytics”) or similar platforms may be interested in recent rulings of several European data protection authorities that found Analytics data transfers to the U.S. to be non-compliant with...more

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French DPA opened public consultation on standards for Early Access and Compassionate Access

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The healthcare sector is a current focus of the French data protection authority (CNIL) which just published two draft standards regarding processing of personal data in the context of Early Access and Compassionate Access....more

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