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French Supreme Court upholds employer's access to employee emails

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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March 29 2010

The French Supreme Court (the Cour de Cassation) has confirmed the position of the Angers Court of Appeal, which ruled that an employer can freely access its employee's emails located on his company-issued computer

Supreme Court rules on employer's access to employee's "personal" files on company-issued computers

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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January 4 2010

The Labour chamber of the French Supreme Court ruled that an employer is entitled to open an employee's file stored on the employee's computer, which is not clearly marked as personal

Tenders for high speed broadband services in rural areas announced

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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January 25 2010

The French Government has announced a call for tenders to provide high speed broadband internet services in rural areas

Hadopi 2 gets nod from Constitutional Council

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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December 9 2009

On 22 October 2009, the French Constitutional Council gave a favourable decision on "Hadopi 2"

Deep linking may not constitute copyright infringement

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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July 2 2010

The Court of First Instance of Nanterre has ruled that a web portal that provides a deep link to the website of a software developer where the latter's software can be downloaded does not constitute copyright infringement

CNIL issues recommendations on personal data processing resulting from American legal discovery proceedings

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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October 12 2009

The CNIL has issued practical guidelines on ways to comply with the principles of legitimate data processing, relevant data, proportionality, limited storage, clear information of the data subjects, respect of their rights of access, and protection of international data flows in the context of discovery proceedings involving French companies pursuant to the decision of a US authority

MP3 streaming website fined 1million for IP infringement

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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October 19 2009

Radioblogclub.fr, a French website dedicated to MP3 streaming, was fined 1million for intellectual property (IP) infringement

Illegal CCTV recording of employees in a prêt-à-porter company results in a 10,000 fine

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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November 13 2009

The French Data Protection Authority (the CNIL) sanctioned the prêt-à-porter company Jean Marc Philippe with a fine for implementing an illegal CCTV recording system that was used to record its employees' activities in order to combat theft

Second LOPPSI Bill proposed

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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March 15 2010

On 9 February 2010, the National Assembly (the French House of Commons) will examine the “LOPPSI n2” bill (“Loi d’Orientation et de Programmation pour la Performance de la Sécurité Intérieure” or Tendency and Scheduling Act for Homeland Security Performance

Paris High Court applies French law in book scanning case

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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March 22 2010

The 3rd Chamber of the Paris High Court (the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris) decided to apply French law to a case involving Google and French book editors

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