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New Enforcement Powers for the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)

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

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Dutch Data Protection Authority Fines Uber

Authorities opened an investigation after Uber drivers in France sent complaints to the French privacy protection commission, the CNIL. The CNIL transferred the handling of the complaints to the Dutch Data Protection...more

Sunstein LLP

March 2019 IP Update: Europe’s One-Stop Shop for Privacy Regulation: For EU Companies Only?

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One key aspect of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is its aim of streamlining the regulatory process by providing “one-stop shopping”: the opportunity to deal with a single regulator with respect to all data...more

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The Paris District Court Invalidates 38 Clauses of Google+ Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

It has been rough weather for Google in France. Three weeks after the French ?Data Protection Authority imposed a record fine against Google for non-compliance with the GDPR, the Paris District Court (“Tribunal de Grande...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Making Your Mark

IP and Social Networks: The Paris District Court Invalidates IP Clauses of Google+ Terms of Use

It’s been rough weather for Google in France. Three weeks after the French ?Data Protection Authority imposed a record fine against Google for non-compliance with the GDPR, the Paris District Court (“Tribunal de Grande...more

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Lessons from the First Major Enforcement of GDPR

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Checklists for Your Privacy Notices and Consent Forms - On January 21, 2019, the French Data Protection Authority (the “French DPA”) fined Google LLC 50 million euros for violating the requirements of the GDPR “for lack of...more

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French Data Protection Authority Issues €50 Million Fine in Landmark GDPR Case

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The CNIL decision handed down on 21 January 2019, which cites violations of several GDPR obligations, provides important insights for groups wishing to benefit from the “one-stop-shop mechanism”. The Complaints - Not...more

Jones Day

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

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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

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EU-US Data Transfers?: An update on actions taken by European DPAs

After the European Court of Justice invalidated Safe Harbor on October 6, ?2015, the Article 29 Working Party announced in an October 16, 2015 statement that US companies that were Safe Harbor certified had until the end of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

French Consumer Association Takes on Internet Giants

Earlier this year, the French consumer association UFC-Que Choisir initiated proceedings before the Paris District Court against Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc., accusing these companies of using confusing and...more

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