Steptoe LLP | France | 26 Sep 2015
France’s data privacy watchdog CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés) rejected an informal appeal made by Google against…
Steptoe LLP | France | 29 Nov 2014
Well, we're not there yet. But the vibrations of a French gavel have been shaking the cake crumbs off laptops around the world ever since a Parisian…
Steptoe LLP | France | 9 Nov 2013
A French civil court has ordered Google to filter from its search results images of an orgy that were previously found to violate the privacy of the…
Steptoe LLP | France | 27 Jul 2013
France's highest appeals court (Cour de cassation) has ruled, in Monsieur X v. Young & Rubicam France, that any content found on work-issued…
Steptoe LLP | France | 20 Jul 2013
France's highest appeals court (Cour de Cassation) has ruled, in Google Inc. v. Lyonnaise de Garantie, that Google cannot be found liable for the…
Steptoe LLP | France | 6 Oct 2012
French companies looking to monitor their employees’ communications should make sure they haven’t unwittingly restricted themselves more than the law requires.
Steptoe LLP | France | 4 Feb 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.
Steptoe LLP | France | 28 Jan 2012
A French court last month found Google Inc. and its publications director liable for the appearance of a “defamatory” suggested search term under the search engine’s automatic search completion system.
Steptoe LLP | France | 16 Apr 2011
In four recently published decisions (L'affaire Clearstream, Le génocide arménien, Les dissimulateurs, and Mondovino), the Paris Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of copyright holders who sued Google's video search site for linking to unauthorized copies of their films.