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An employer is free to view an employee’s personal USB flash drive if connected to a professional computer

  • Bersay & Associes
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  • France
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  • April 19 2013

In a ruling on February 12, 2013 (no. 11-28.649), the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) held that an employer could access the data contained

CNIL sets forth guidelines for workplace privacy protection

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • France
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  • April 5 2013

The French CNIL has adopted and published a new set of guidelines that set forth "best practices" about privacy protection at work (the Guidelines

Employees monitoring

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • France
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  • February 28 2013

The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) considered that a video surveillance system used in building was disproportionate, as it allowed the

Recent developments for the third quarter 2012

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, China, European Union, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom, USA
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  • January 8 2013

This letter is from the Global Equity Services ("GES") group in San Francisco, Chicago and New York. Attorneys in the GES practice group work

Protection of employee privacy rights in France: measures controlling employees in the workplace must be treated with caution - employers should avoid placing restrictions upon themselves

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • France
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  • November 15 2012

France’s highest court (“Cour de cassation”) ruled 26 June 2012 in Monsieur X v. YBC Helpevia that a company’s internal rules may limit an employer’s access to employee emails

When in France, don’t tie yourself up

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • France
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  • October 6 2012

French companies looking to monitor their employees’ communications should make sure they haven’t unwittingly restricted themselves more than the law requires

Doing business in France 2012

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • France
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  • August 7 2012

France is the fifth largest economy in the world with a strong central presence on the European continent

Employer access to employee emails and files: new French case law

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • France
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  • July 25 2012

In France, the employer's right to monitor the use by employees of company IT tools is subject to certain limits

Fight against discrimination

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • France
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  • May 31 2012

The CNIL and the Défenseur des Droits (the French Ombudsman) have published a methodological guide intended for human resources departments

France continues to limit workplace privacy protections

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • France
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  • May 26 2012

France’s highest appeals court has again narrowed the scope of employees’ privacy rights in the workplace