On June 13, 2019, a draft bill increasing fines for violations of Federal Law No. 242-FZ (Data Localization Law) was submitted to the State Duma (i.e., the lower house of the Federal Assembly). ...more
1. Binding Corporate Rules To Facilitate Intragroup Data Transfer -
Personal data is meant to circulate without boundaries inside the European Union (EU). The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) subjects personal...more
I. Les BCR pour faciliter les transferts intra-groupes -
Les données personnelles ont vocation à circuler sans s’arrêter aux frontières de l’Union européenne (« UE »). Aussi, le règlement général sur la protection des...more
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
Until recently, whistleblowing raised many concerns in France and other European countries. Reporting on colleagues’ behavior, even if unlawful, was seen as risky business that could lead to dismissals and criminal sanctions...more
Evidence gathering differs greatly between common law and civil law jurisdictions. For example, while a U.S. judge may in many instances allow extensive pretrial discovery, a French judge would generally consider nearly any...more
4/5/2019
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CLOUD Act ,
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Cross-Border ,
Data Protection ,
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Evidence ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
France ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hague Convention ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Regulatory Standards
On Jan. 21, 2019, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) levied a 50 million euros sanction against Google LLC for violating the EU General Data Protection Regulation2 (GDPR) in the context of the first enforcement...more
2/27/2019
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Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
Fines ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Google ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Transparency
Danske Bank is likely to again become the target of a formal investigation in France. A Paris court began investigating Danske Bank in October 2017 in relation to transactions of its Estonian branch, between 2008 and 2011,...more
2/1/2019
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Danske Bank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Estonia ,
EU ,
Financial Transactions ,
France ,
Investigations ,
Money Laundering ,
Reasonable Suspicion ,
Regulatory Violations ,
White Collar Crimes