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EDPB Provides Guidance On Determining A 'Main Establishment' And The 'One-Stop-Shop' Mechanism

Mayer Brown on 2/29/2024

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

CNIL Fines Canal+ Over Marketing and Data Security Concerns

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/28/2023

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

SAF Logistics fined for mishandling employee data

Ius Laboris on 10/26/2023

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

France CNIL calls for comments on its draft recommendation on security of critical data processing operations

A&O Shearman on 9/15/2023

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

Paris Litigation Gazette - Issue 3 - July 2023

BCLP on 7/11/2023

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

French Data Protection Authority Fines Processor for Failing to Enter into Data Processing Agreement

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/27/2022

France’s data protection authority, the Commission Nationale de Informatique et des Libertés (“CNIL”), has issued one of its highest General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) sanctions to-date against Dedalus Biologie SAS...more

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 6

Dechert LLP on 1/28/2022

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

Record €210 Million in Fines for Breach of Cookies and Website Tracking Rules—Note e-Privacy Directive, Not Just GDPR

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/10/2022

France’s data protection regulator (the CNIL) said this week it has fined Google and Facebook a combined €210 million for breaches of laws on cookies use and tracking of user online activity. These fines were not under the...more

Valuable Data Privacy Lessons In CNIL’s Enforcement Action Against Carrefour France

Fox Rothschild LLP on 12/3/2020

In addition to the not-insignificant €2.25 million fine, CNIL's enforcement action against Carrefour France raises some universal points for companies handling data, both in the EU and in the U.S. Big Picture Takeaways:...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert | August 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 8/6/2019

French Data Protection Authority Issues Guidelines on Cookie Use - CNIL, France’s data protection authority, has released new rulesfor obtaining consumer consent under the GDPR for companies using cookies and other tracking...more

Deuxième sanction de la CNIL : il est impératif de protéger les données de vos clients

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 6/17/2019

Le 28 mai 2019, la Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (« CNIL ») a prononcé une amende de 400.000 euros à l’encontre de la société Sergic, une société de gestion immobilière, pour manquement à l’obligation...more

A GDPR Update for Employers, Part IV: Implementing Lessons Learned From GDPR Complaints and Enforcement Actions

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/22/2019

Much has happened since the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, 2018. Many EU countries have enacted national legislation to implement and expand the requirements of the...more

French Regulator Imposes the Highest GDPR Fine to Date on Google

Dechert LLP on 2/8/2019

The first sanction taken in application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in France was issued by the French data protection authority (the "CNIL") on January 21, 2019 against Google LLC....more

Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | February 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 2/7/2019

Google Receives Record GDPR Fine - Marking the first major penalty against a U.S. tech company under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the French data-protection authority, CNIL, has fined Google a record $57...more

Jones Day Global Privacy & Data Security Update | Vol. 19

Jones Day on 10/24/2018

On the heels of the European Union's General Data Protection law, which went into effect in May 2018, California has enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA")—the result of an 11th-hour compromise between...more

Dramatic Increase in French Privacy Complaints Since GDPR

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/22/2018

The French data protection authority CNIL has received 3,767 data protection complaints since EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on May 25, 2018. According to CNIL this is a 64 percent increase...more

French Data Protection Authority Takes Stock After 4 Months of GDPR

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 10/5/2018

Four months after the GDPR came into effect, the French Data Protection Authority (“CNIL“) published a first assessment with some impressive figures: ..It received more than 600 personal data breach notifications, ?i.e.,...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - August 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/7/2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine Brazil's new data protection regulation, the French data protection authority's warning to two companies of potential GDPR violations and the U.S....more

French Data Protection Authority Confirms Enforcement Trend on Security Obligations for Data Controllers

Jones Day on 7/6/2018

The Situation: Even before the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") became effective on May 25, there has been a noticeable trend in the enforcement of security obligations through increased sanctions. The...more

Employment Alert - Le traitement des données RH et le règlement européen sur la protection des données (« RGPD »)

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 4/9/2018

Paris partner Fabienne Arrighi publishes an Employment Alert about HR data processing and the new EU GDPR. ...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 16

Jones Day on 11/21/2017

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

Jones Day on 6/5/2017

New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 13

Jones Day on 3/15/2017

On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more

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