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As the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games (the “Games”) turn onto the final straight, the Games have yet again captured widespread global attention, on and off the track. With over 15.3 million visitors in Paris...more
On May 21, 2024, France adopted law No. 2024-449 to secure and regulate the digital space. This law grants new enforcement powers and authority to the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL), including to seize documents,...more
Following the very recent adoption of the EU Regulation on AI (the AI Regulation) the CNIL (the French data regulator) has issued the second in its series of recommendations for the development of privacy-friendly AI models....more
Is California going to start policing CCPA violations like the French police GDPR violations? The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and France’s Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL)...more
The French government has adopted a law aimed at regulating digital services. The new SREN law (Loi Visant à Sécuriser et à Réguler l'Espace Numérique) adapts French legislation to new EU regulations, including the Digital...more
Il n’y a pas de question plus difficile en matière contentieuse que celle de l’anticipation des risques de faire l’objet d’un contrôle ou d’une sanction. C’est la raison pour laquelle il est utile de se nourrir des évolutions...more
We have been talking about it since last year: the bill to secure and regulate the digital space ("SREN") has now been passed. The legislative process leading up to the enactment of the SREN bill has been slow (as a reminder:...more
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
The opinion was issued in response to a request by the French Data Protection Authority and provides guidance on the conditions for determining a controller's main establishment where that controller has establishments in...more
Each year, the CNIL selects key areas of high interest to concentrate its investigations and assess the compliance of select commercial sectors. On February 8, The CNIL announced its four main areas of focus for...more
Following the publication of several press articles and employee complaints, the French data protection regulator (“CNIL”) carried out an investigation at the Amazon France Logistique’s (“Amazon”) warehouses. The CNIL's...more
On January 8, 2024, the CNIL launched a public consultation on a draft guide (Draft Guide) covering Transfer Impact Assessments (TIA). Under GDPR, as interpreted by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and...more
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
A few days ago, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) published its first draft guidelines for the use of AI systems in the form of "AI How-To Sheets" with the aim to “help professionals reconcile innovation with...more
French authorities have fined an air freight company for a string of employee data violations, and for its failure to fully cooperate with their investigation....more
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
On October 12, 2023, the CNIL released its first guidance on how to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when developing and using artificial intelligence (AI) using personal data or impacting...more
The French supervisory authority (CNIL) asked for public comments on its draft recommendation on data security in relation to processing that presents particularly high risks to individuals or to the public interest (the...more
P. Latombe, who is not only a Member of the French Parliament, but also seated at the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)'s Commission, lodged a request for annulment of the DPF on 6 September 2023 before the Court of...more
Dawn raids: the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal orders the destruction and return of mailboxes delivered by a company, whose premises had been searched, after the closure of the dawn raids. On April 5, 2023,...more
The French Data Protection Authority has imposed a €40 million fine for GDPR infringements. On 15 June 2023 the French Data Protection Authority (the CNIL), acting as Lead Supervisory Authority pursuant to the cooperation...more
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
A few days after the European Parliament adoption of a compromise position on the Artificial Intelligence Act (the “AI Act”), the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published, on 16 May 2023, a detailed 4-step...more
On May 10, the French data protection agency, Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), fined a facial recognition company an overdue penalty payment in the amount of €5.2 million for failing to comply...more
Les derniers mois ont vu une activité bouillonnante de la CNIL avec l’adoption de nombreuses délibérations. Nous avons analysé ces décisions pour comprendre les principales orientations prises par l’autorité française....more