Baker McKenzie | France | 16 May 2016
After a focus on websites (in particular those intended for children) and mobile applications, the French Data Protection Authority (“CNIL”) has…
Baker McKenzie | France | 20 Jan 2014
In Deliberation no. 2013-378 of December 5th (Deliberation), the French Commission on Information Technology and Liberties (CNIL) revised the…
Baker McKenzie | France | 17 May 2012
Decree No. 2011-2122 (the Decree), which sets out the framework for application of Article 61 of Law No. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 on the introduction of competition and sector regulation of gambling and online gambling, was published on 30 December 2011.
Baker McKenzie | France | 17 May 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).
Baker McKenzie | France | 3 May 2012
Several websites (the Websites) have been sued for automatically listing real estate advertisements posted on other websites and providing links to the web pages where the advertisements are posted.
Baker McKenzie | France | 28 Mar 2012
Since France's rate for the private copy levy is one of the highest in Europe, Rueducommerce, an e-commerce website, argued that it lost customers because online merchants located in other EU Member States which do not have such a levy system can sell their goods at a lower price compared to online merchants located in France.
Baker McKenzie | France | 16 Mar 2012
Believing his dismissal was unjustified, a former employee of an insurance company created a new social networking profile and used a pseudonym to disparage his former employer.
Baker McKenzie | France | 9 Feb 2012
The French Network Information Centre (Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération or AFNIC) is a non-profit association that manages the .fr and .re domain name registries and is the governmentappointed registry for the .fr top-level domain name (TLD).
Baker McKenzie | France | 19 Jan 2012
A company, Saveur Bière, created numerous websites whose sole purpose was to link to the main website of the company.
Baker McKenzie | France | 19 Jan 2012
On 26 October 2011, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) published a guidance on how to interpret the new article 32 II of the French Data Privacy Act (Loi relative à l’informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés) - which implements the "Telecom Package" in France.