Data Privacy, Risk Management, France

CNIL publishes Data Transfer Impact Assessment guide

A&O Shearman on 2/17/2025

On January 31, 2025, the French supervisory authority (CNIL) published the final version of its guide on transfer impact assessments (TIA). A TIA must be undertaken by organisations relying on one of the ‘appropriate...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

French Government and Privacy Authority Provide Guidance for Employers Preparing for the Risk of a Coronavirus Epidemic

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/16/2020

As the coronavirus and the illness it causes, COVID-19, continue to spread, employers in France are taking into account the risk of an epidemic caused by the increase in the number of people who may become affected, both in...more

The Circle of Compliance

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 7/8/2019

Starting from the conviction that the collaborative work between French professionals of the Compliance realm brings a new approach of the risk management, the association “Le Cercle de la Compliance” or “The Circle of the...more

International News: Focus on Private Equity

McDermott Will & Emery on 9/9/2015

Our Focus on Private Equity provides a global perspective on some of the challenges being faced by PE firms and how these can be successfully addressed. It also examines some of the many opportunities available, e.g., by...more

At Will? What’s That?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/2/2015

Did you know that employees in most countries outside the United States have a contractual right to continued employment, whether or not they have written contract? If an employer does not provide an employee with a written...more