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GDPR Enforcement: Lessons from Recent Data Privacy Penalties

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Recent decisions by the French data protection authority (CNIL) have highlighted the importance of GDPR compliance, particularly in the areas of data retention, consent for processing sensitive personal data, and marketing...more

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Navigating New CNIL Sanctions: What You Need to Know

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The Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) is an independent French administrative regulatory body whose mission is to ensure that the collection, storage, and use of personal data comply with data...more

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Analysing the CNIL’s Latest Recommendations for AI Systems

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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

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Bilan de l’activité contentieuse de la CNIL en 2023 : un rétroviseur pour lire l’avenir

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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

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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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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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France fines facial recognition company additional €5.2 million for noncompliance

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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

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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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French and Italian Data Protection Authorities Take Issue with Google Analytics: Analysis and Key Takeaways

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Google Analytics remains a hot topic for businesses and apparently also for data protection authorities (DPAs). With the advent of these new decisions and the new CNIL guidance, businesses have an even harder time justifying...more

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Reform of the procedure before the French Data Protection Authority

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On 24 January and 8 April 2022, the procedure before the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) was reformed with the aim notably to better respond to the growing number of complaints that the CNIL receives each year...more

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The Importance of Managing DSARs

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Individuals having difficulties in obtaining responses to their personal data subject access requests (DSAR) from French telephone operator Free Mobile filed several complaints before the French data protection authority...more

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French Data Protection Authority publishes Q&A regarding use of Google Analytics

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The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) has released a Q&A providing its position, possible alternative solutions as well as guidance on using a compliant audience measurement solution. It follows a set of formal notices...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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Growing Trouble for EU-U.S. Data Transfers Through Google Analytics

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France's data protection authority (DPA), Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), announced its ruling on February 10, 2022, that the use of Google Analytics by companies in the EU violates Article 44...more

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France Issues Processor Guidelines on “Reusing Personal Data to Improve or Develop Services or Products”

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On January 12, 2022, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) issued guidance (available in French only) that sets out the conditions for processors to reuse the personal data entrusted by controllers for their own...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 6

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On January 12, 2022, the French data protection authority (“CNIL“) published guidance on the reuse of personal data by processors for their own purposes (the “Guidance”)....more

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GDPR, Cookies, and the Ever-Filling Jar of European Data Protection

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European regulators unofficially announced the major theme of this new year, through the release of several decisions pertaining to cookies and other tracking technologies in the first 10 days of 2022. As the General Data...more

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French DPA Sets Conditions for Processors' Reuse of Personal Data Processed on Behalf of Controllers

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On January 12, 2022, the French data protection authority (“CNIL“) published guidance on the reuse of personal data by processors for their purposes (“Guidance”). This the most recent guidance of a major EU regulator on a...more

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The EU’s Collective Redress Directive — An Analysis of the Interplay with EU General Data Protection (GDPR)

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In this fourth alert in our series regarding the European Parliament’s formal endorsement of a new collective actions legislation titled the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Representative Actions...more

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CNIL Publishes White Paper on Digital Payments and Data Privacy

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The French Data Protection Authority’s white paper discusses how companies can comply with data privacy and security obligations. The use of card, contactless, and innovative digital payment solutions has significantly...more

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The ‘Morning After’ Third Party Cookies

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The development of alternative techniques to “third-party” cookies cannot be done at the expense of the right of individuals to protect their personal data and privacy, according to France’s Commission Nationale de...more

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