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CNIL Issues Provisional Recommendations for Remote Quality Control of Clinical Trials During the Health Crisis

Given the challenges of conducting clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries — including France — have allowed for some use of remote quality controls. In response to guidelines issued recently by European...more

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Navigating the Atlantic with Personal Data

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Executive summary - In a repeat move echoing the previous invalidation of the “Safe Harbor”, on 16th July 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) invalidated the “Privacy Shield”, which had allowed the...more

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Facial Recognition Challenged by French Administrative Court

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In a decision (French only) dated 27 February 2020, the French Administrative Court of Marseille invalidated the deliberation of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Regional Council which allowed to set up...more

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COVID-19 and Data Protection Compliance in France

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Following the outbreak of COVID-19, organizations have been implementing exceptional measures to maintain "business-as-usual" to the extent allowed by their particular circumstances and to protect their employees, customers...more

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Guidance from E.U. Supervisory Authorities on Data Processing in a Time of COVID-19

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and a number of European data protection supervisory authorities have recently issued guidance on processing personal data, including special categories of personal data (i.e., health...more

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GDPR Guide to National Implementation: France - A practical guide to national GDPR compliance requirements across the EEA

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Q1/ Applicable legislation - (a) Have the requirements of the GDPR been addressed by introducing a new law, or by updating existing legislation? Old legislation has been updated....more

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Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | April 2019

Hotel Chain Pays $12 Million to Resolve Privacy Violations - Motel 6 settled claims with the Washington State Attorney General for $12 million to resolve charges that Motel 6 violated the Consumer Protection Act and the...more

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Hosting providers of websites are not as such data controllers and only incur limited liability, French Court of Appeal says

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In a decision dated March 1st, 2019, the Paris Court of Appeal reminded that specific conditions must be met for hosting providers to be held liable in case of unlawful content....more

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

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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

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French Data Protection Authority Imposes a Record 250,000 € Fine to Optical Center for a Security Breach on its Website

On June 7, 2018, the French Data Protection Authority (the CNIL) published a decision (issued one month earlier) in which it imposed a record 250,000 euros fine on Optical Center (which, although its name does not indicate,...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

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

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

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

C’est la dernière ligne droite : veillez à être prêt à appliquer le RGPD avant le 25 mai prochain. Et demandez-vous : suis-je sur...

Dans moins de quatre mois, le 25 mai 2018, le règlement général de l'Union européenne sur la protection des données (« RGPD ») entrera en vigueur et la loi française, actuellement en discussion devant le parlement, qui tient...more

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France Announces Its First Deferred Prosecution Agreement

In a move that could signal a new phase of government enforcement in France, on November 27, 2017, French authorities published a Convention judiciaire d’intérêt public (CJIP) with HSBC Private Bank Suisse SA (HSBC PB), the...more

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Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 16

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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

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French Data Protection Authority Clarifies Responsibilities for the Use of Cookies in Online Advertising

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In the online advertising sector, achieving a successful advertising campaign often involves implementing cookies (small files stored on computers or mobile devices that contain information on the user's browsing history),...more

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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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Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 13

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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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