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

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • 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

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France, USA
  • -
  • March 5 2012

On February 24, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) lawsuit to compel the FTC to enforce the Google consent order prior to March 1, 2012, the date on which Google implemented the announced consolidation of its privacy policies

French court narrows the scope of immunity for websites

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • France
  • -
  • February 4 2012

A French court of appeals has ruled, in Jean-Marc D. vs. JFG Networks, that a blog site was not immune from liability for violations of France’s data privacy statute

The status of hosting services provider in France: uncertainty remains after ECJ ruling

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • November 28 2011

The Directive on electronic commerce ("e-commerce Directive") and its adaptation to evolving practices has lead to lively debates, particularly in Europe and in France

Copyright Developments in Europe - Sabam, TalkTalk cases shed light on internet filtering

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Belgium, France, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 19 2011

What should be the role of internet intermediaries in fighting illegal content?

Global whistleblower hotlines: new French restrictions require immediate program amendments

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • France
  • -
  • May 24 2011

US companies with subsidiaries or operations in France have until 7 June 2011 to make any required amendments to their whistleblower programs in France in order to comply with new data protection rules there

LCEN application decree

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • May 6 2011

Several actors on the internet such as Facebook, eBay and Google have brought an action before the Conseil d'Etat (the French supreme administrative Court) to obtain the cancellation of the second implementation decree of the Law on the Confidence in the Digital Economy (LCEN) regarding the storage and communication of data (please refer to the Legal and regulatory update - March 2011) which requires that hosting providers and Internet access providers store user data for a one-year period

Street View: the CNIL fines Google

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 29 2011

Further to checks carried out by the CNIL at the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010, the CNIL observed that the vehicles used by Google over the French territory to develop its Street View service collected and recorded photographs and the flow of data from individuals' Wi-Fi wireless networks without their knowledge

Google’s legal challenges will have a ripple effect

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • France, USA
  • -
  • April 13 2011

Google’s influence is pervasive, and the outcomes of the many legal actions pending against the company will reverberate in many quarters

France's CNIL announces a record fine of 100,000

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • March 28 2011

In a 32-page-long decision adopted on March 17, 2011, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) determined that Google Inc.’s collection of data in the course of its Street View application and Latitude service breached the French Data Protection Act No. 78-17

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