Baker McKenzie | European Union, France | 25 Apr 2016
In July 2015, France passed a new law that regulated intelligence activities and provided a legal framework for intelligence agencies to implement…
Baker McKenzie | France | 8 Jul 2015
On 23 March 2015, the Conseil d'Etat, the highest administrative court in France and the court of appeal for CNIL's decisions, confirmed a CNIL…
Baker McKenzie | France | 19 Feb 2014
On 30 January 2014, the French Data Protection Authority (the CNIL) issued a deliberation no. 2014-042, once again modifying the deliberation no…
Baker McKenzie | France | 31 May 2012
On 12 January 2012, the Criminal Court of Dax sentenced a "camcording" pirate to nine months in prison (subject to reprieve) and to pay €373,500 in damages.
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 | 11 May 2012
The French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) has rendered a decision relating to the scope of the authorisation to broadcast a person's image under French contract 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 | 23 Mar 2012
On 25 November 2011, the Court of Appeal of Poitiers reversed the decision of the Court of Niort dated 14 December 2009, which had concluded that IBM was guilty of fraudulent concealment at the expense of MAIF, a French insurance company, in relation to the signing of a software implementation contract.