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A new challenge in Morocco: the protection of personal data

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Morocco
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  • November 13 2012

The main objective of the 09-08 Act, which governs personal data protection (hereinafter "Act 09-08"), is to facilitate the growth of the digital economy while protecting privacy

Draft EU regulation on personal data: speeding-up of the timetable and narrowing of orientations

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • European Union
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  • October 19 2012

On October 8, 2012, the rapporteur of the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament, Mr. Jan Albrecht, published a first working document presenting certain orientations regarding the draft Regulation relating to personal data protection

Companies, other than those from the banking and financial sectors, now allowed to implement background screening processing for the detection and prevention of corruption

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • October 4 2012

On July 19th, 2012, the French data protection authority ("CNIL") allowed for the first time, under strictly identical conditions, 13 French companies to implement procedures for the conduct of background screening of personal data in order to identify potential partners who may be involved in corrupt practices

New legal framework for "cloud computing" according to the CNIL

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • European Union, Italy
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  • July 13 2012

While the Italian data protection authority, Garante, published its mini-guide on cloud computing, anticipating publication of the G29's Opinion on Cloud, published last July 1st, the French National Commission on Information Technology and Individual Liberties published on June 25th, the result of its public consultation of October 2011, adapting its initial position on outsourcing to Cloud and the practical Recommendations for companies, which also include standard clauses

Sentence imposed for "camcording"

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • May 31 2012

On 12 January 2012, the Criminal Court of Dax sentenced a "camcording" pirate to nine months in prison (subject to reprieve) and to pay 373,500 in damages

Blocking of unregulated gambling sites

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • May 17 2012

Decree No. 2011-2122 (the Decree), which sets out the framework for application of Article 61 of Law No. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 on the introduction of competition and sector regulation of gambling and online gambling, was published on 30 December 2011

Web hosting provider must respond to a data subject's request for deletion

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • May 17 2012

The Court of Appeals of Montpellier ruled that an individual using a pseudonym on a public forum may request the web hosting provider of that forum to delete information about his real identity on the basis of Law No. 78- 17 of 6 January 1978 (the French Data Privacy Law

Scope of the authorisation to broadcast a person's image

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • May 11 2012

The French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) has rendered a decision relating to the scope of the authorisation to broadcast a person's image under French contract law

Search engines for real estate advertisements deemed lawful

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • May 3 2012

Several websites (the Websites) have been sued for automatically listing real estate advertisements posted on other websites and providing links to the web pages where the advertisements are posted

Organisation in charge of collecting the private copying levy held liable for damages

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • March 28 2012

Since France's rate for the private copy levy is one of the highest in Europe, Rueducommerce, an e-commerce website, argued that it lost customers because online merchants located in other EU Member States which do not have such a levy system can sell their goods at a lower price compared to online merchants located in France

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