France

October 30, 2020

Apple Faces Antitrust Complaint in France Over Privacy Changes in iPhones

Apple’s operating software starting early next year will require apps to get opt-in permission from users to collect their advertising […]

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October 26, 2020

French Supervisory Authority Releases Strict Guidance on the Use of Facial Recognition Technology at Airports

On October 9, 2020, the French Supervisory Authority (CNIL) issued guidance on the use of facial recognition technology for identity […]

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October 13, 2020

France’s Health Data Hub to move to European cloud infrastructure to avoid EU-US data transfers

France’s data regulator CNIL has issued some recommendations for French services that handle health data, as Mediapart first reported. Those […]

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October 8, 2020

CJEU ruling puts in danger EU-UK adequacy talks

This week, the CJEU issued a ruling that could spring a leak and potentially sink adequacy negotiations between the U.K. […]

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October 6, 2020

French Supervisory Authority Publishes Final Version of Cookie Guidelines

On October 1, 2020, the French Supervisory Authority (CNIL) published the final version of its Guidelines on cookies and other […]

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September 18, 2020

European Police Malware Could Harvest GPS, Messages, Passwords, More

The malware that French law enforcement deployed en masse onto Encrochat devices, a large encrypted phone network using Android phones, […]

September 5, 2020

CNIL issues new guidance on data retention

The French Supervisory Authority CNIL in July has issued new updated guidelines on data retention. These Guidelines aim at providing […]

August 15, 2020

TikTok is being investigated by France’s data watchdog

A French data protection authority (CNIL) now has an open investigation into the TikTok. CNIL investigates how the app handles user […]

June 14, 2020

Google Loses Its Appeal On 50 Million Euro GDPR Fine

Google lost on appeal of 50 million euro fine levied against Google in January 2019 for GDPR breaches. On Friday, […]

May 20, 2020

French Court Bans the Use of Drone Surveillance to Enforce Covid-19 Lockdown

The Conseil d’État, France’s highest administrative court, issued a decision banning French authorities from using drone surveillance to track individuals […]

May 15, 2020

CNIL Updates Data Protection Guidance for Employers in the Context of Lifting COVID-19 Containment Measures

On May 7, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority updated its previous guidance for employers relating to the processing of […]

April 30, 2020

Privacy watchdog approves French Covid-19 contact tracing app

France’s privacy watchdog CNIL on April 26 gave a conditional green light to a government-backed scheme to monitor people infected […]

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