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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

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

Recent developments for the third quarter 2012

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

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

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • 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

Creation of fake social networking profile infringes privacy

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • February 22 2011

The French High Court of Paris (TGI) sentenced an internet user who created a fake profile of a famous French comedian to pay a 1,500 fine and 2,500 in damages

French parliament finally adopts LOPSSI 2 Act

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • April 4 2011

The French Parliament has adopted the LOPSSI 2 Act, which aims to prevent the commission of delinquent acts

Paris court gives full effect to an indemnification clause in a cloud computing agreement

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • November 17 2011

In a decision dated 12 July 2011, the Commercial Court of Paris rendered a decision in favour of a provider of cloud computing services

Deep linking may not constitute copyright infringement

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • 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

Latest Developments for Equity Compensation Plans

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Philippines, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam
  • -
  • June 1 2010

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

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

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • 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