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French consumer association launches a targeted assault on computer software bundling

  • Bird & Bird
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  • France
  • -
  • February 21 2007

In mid December, UFC-Que Choisir, one of the leading French consumer bodies, brought a judicial action against Hewlett-Packard, Darty and Auchan on the basis of tied-in sale

Commission clears proposed acquisition of ASAP by Dell

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, France
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  • January 3 2008

The Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of ASAP Software Express, Inc. (US), ASAP Software SAS (France), 26ème Avenue SAS (France) and SCI Siman (France) (together "ASAP"), active in the EEA as resellers of packaged software, by the US-based Dell Inc

France concerned about rules compelling data transfer to the US

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • France, USA
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  • February 5 2008

The CNIL issued a press release on January 15, 2008, to express its concern about recent developments in the U.S. regarding the rules and practices on transfers of data linked to U.S. litigation

Stark warning to those who flout EU data privacy laws

  • White & Case LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • July 11 2007

A recently reported enforcement decision in France serves as a stark warning to multinational corporations that the net is closing in on those who continue to flout the EU's data privacy laws and demonstrates that the data protection authorities are far from "paper tigers" and are now beginning to reveal their claws

Clampdown on violations of data protection laws

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • April 10 2008

Last year, in a decision not widely reported in the UK, the French data protection authority, CNIL, fined a French subsidiary of the American based multinational organisation, Tyco Healthcare France, 30,000 for breaches of the EU Data Protection Directive

Data protection authorities authorise use of systems based on voice recognition

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • France
  • -
  • April 10 2008

For the first time, the French data protection authorities (French acronym: CNIL) have authorised use of systems based on voice recognition

Web site for grading teachers ordered to remove French teachers' personal information

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 4 2008

Note2be.com is a French Web site, launched on January 30, 2008, that purports to provide a collaborative social networking platform for students and parents to “grade” and critique teachers anonymously

Suspended jail sentence ordered for e-mail spying

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 18 2008

A Paris High Court decision of June 6, 2007 ordering for the first time a jail sentence for e-mail spying was recently made public

CNIL releases new biometric policy guidelines

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • France
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  • April 18 2008

On December 12, 2007, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) presented new guidance on the conditions that must be met in order to use biometric-based identification systems

Do IP addresses still qualify as personal data?

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • France
  • -
  • November 1 2007

The Court of Appeals of Paris has ruled that IP addresses do not constitute personal data