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EU: European Court confirms journalism exception for citizen-journalists, but not in France?

By Patrick Van Eecke, Denise Lebeau-Marianna and Laetitia Mouton

Under European data protection law, journalists enjoy some regulatory exemptions when processing personal data for journalistic purposes, balancing the right to the protection of personal data with the principle of freedom of expression.

A question which has however sparked some debate is whether so-called citizen journalists, such as bloggers, can rely on the derogation for journalistic purposes as well. In its judgment of 14 February 2019 in the Sergejs Buivids v. Datu valsts inspekcija case, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has answered this question affirmatively.

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FRANCE: New cooperation agreement between the CNIL and DGCCRF

By Denise Lebeau-Marianna and Caroline Chancé   On 31 January 2019, the French Data Protection Supervisory Authority (CNIL) and the French General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF, authority in charge of consumer protection) signed a new protocol of cooperation to improve protection of personal data of consumers.   This new protocol replaces a […]

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FRANCE: A new phase in European privacy law enforcement – CNIL fined Google LLC 50 million euros!

By Denise Lebeau-Marianna, Caroline Chancé and Alexandre Balducci   On 21 January 2019, the restricted committee of the French Data Protection Supervisory Authority (CNIL) fined Google LLC 50 million euros for breaching GDPR for lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent regarding personalized advertising.  This is the first decision rendered by the CNIL […]

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FRANCE: ONE MORE STEP TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY OF THE NEW FRENCH DATA PROTECTION LAW

By Denise Lebeau-Marianna and Yaël Hirsch On 12 December 2018, the French Government issued an ordinance[1] finalizing, at the legislative level[2], the alignment of the French Data Protection Law (“FDPL”) with the General Data Protection Regulation[3] (“GDPR”) and the Directive 2016/680[4]. Following-up the adoption of the GDPR, the French Law No. 2018-493 related to personal data protection[5] […]

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FRANCE: Facebook could face a 100 million euros class action suit for violating GDPR

On 8 November 2018, French NGO Internet Society France sent Facebook a formal notice listing seven areas where it has allegedly infringed GDPR. The social network has 4 months to respond. Failing that, the Internet Society France could launch the first class action suit for compensation since the entry into application of GDPR. The French […]

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FRANCE: CNIL GDPR guidance for data processors

By Denise Lebeau-Marianna and Caroline Chancé   On September 29, 2017, the French data protection authority (the CNIL) published practical guidance on General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) requirements intended for data processors. The objective is to guide them on how to comply with their new obligations. Under the GDPR, data processors have new responsibilities and liabilities in […]

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