On April 30, 2020, the French data protection authority, the CNIL, published a guidance surrounding considerations behind what it calls “commercial prospecting,” meaning scraping publicly available website data to obtain...more
The French Supreme Court sanctions a company for having produced complete employee pay slips in a litigation.
It is not news that the rules of evidence and data privacy laws may be conflicting. A recent decision of the...more
1/18/2019
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Data Protection ,
Document Productions ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
EU ,
European Convention on Human Rights ,
Evidence ,
French Supreme Court ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Sanctions
Six months after implementation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), many charitable organizations are still struggling with compliance. Our pro bono clients frequently ask whether consent is...more
Uncertainty regarding the compatibility of blockchain technology and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has often been highlighted as a potential obstacle to the development and widespread...more
11/29/2018
/ Blockchain ,
CNIL ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
EU ,
France ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Smart Contracts
In the context of enforcement of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR) on May 25, 2018, charitable organizations have showed an increased concern as to whether the GDPR applies to them, and what being...more
7/31/2018
/ Biometric Information ,
Charitable Organizations ,
Data Collection ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Policy ,
Third-Party