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
The CNIL has launched an investigation into a significant data breach affecting over 33 million individuals in France, involving third-party payment operators Viamedis and Almerys. It is the biggest breach in France involving...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
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
The French Data Protection Authority (the "CNIL") has just published two new reference methodologies for research, studies, or evaluations necessitating access to the data in the French Healthcare database. These new...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 Data Protection Authority (CNIL) is still seeking input from Artificial Intelligence (AI) stakeholders on how to ensure that AI systems comply with data protection laws. Use of large amount of data and data...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
On 6 July 2023, the French data protection authority (the "CNIL") updated its guidelines on whistleblowing systems again. The last version dated from December 2019. This update is the result of the French transposition of...more
On July 28, 2023, the CNIL published a call for contributions focusing on the creation of databases based on artificial intelligence. All stakeholders in the sector are invited to participate and share their experiences and...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
Alla luce del recente provvedimento dell’Autorità Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali Francese, la Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (“Garante” o “CNIL”), riportiamo di seguito un’analisi del...more
On December 22, 2022, France’s National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (“CNIL”) fined Microsoft’s Irish subsidiary 60 million euro for failure to comply with Article 82 of the French Data Protection Law (known as the...more
Version Française: La loi relative aux dispositifs de contrôle parental sur les appareils connectés est désormais applicable. This Law n°2022-300 of March 2, 2022 provides for new obligations in order to strengthen parental...more
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
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
Connecticut Passes the Fifth US State Consumer Privacy Law - The Connecticut governor has formally signed and passed An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring (CPDA), making this law the fifth US state...more
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
Welcome to this month's issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice. ...more
FTC Warns Companies to Remediate Log4j Security Vulnerability - Log4j is a ubiquitous piece of software used to record activities in a wide range of systems found in consumer-facing products and services. Recently, a...more
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
Best Practices for the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act - The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDA) Working Group of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science released its final report on best practices...more
On Tuesday, June 15, 2021, a French court ordered IKEA to pay 1 million euros ($1.2 million) for spying on its employees in France. The allegations included reviewing employees' bank account records, using fake employees to...more
The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) published an FAQ on March 18, 2021 to further explain its earlier guidelines and “recommendation” on cookies and other tracking technologies, which were published on September 17,...more