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France and the new EU regulation on political advertising: the CNIL updates its doctrine ahead of the 2025 implementation

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Online political advertising has become central to modern electoral campaigns. However, the growing lack of transparency, particularly regarding funding, targeting, and data processing practices, raises serious concerns about...more

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No General Obligation on Website Hosts to Monitor the Data They Transmit and Store

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In a ruling dated 27 March 2024 (Cour de cassation, 27 March 2024, no. 22-21.586), the Cour de cassation reviewed the obligation of website hosts to monitor the content they host....more

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The French Law on the Regulation of Games Including NFT is Passed: Place Your Bets

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We have been talking about it since last year: the bill to secure and regulate the digital space ("SREN") has now been passed. The legislative process leading up to the enactment of the SREN bill has been slow (as a reminder:...more

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Paris Litigation Gazette - Issue 5 - February 2024

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On 18 October 2023, the Commercial Division of the French Supreme Court (Court of Cassation) issued a noteworthy ruling, in which it judged its own case law on restrictive competition practices to be "complex", a source of...more

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France’s New Influencer Law Adopted June 1, 2023

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In today’s social media era, influencer marketing has become an integral part of brand promotion and consumer engagement. Recognizing the growing impact of influencers and the need for greater transparency across social media...more

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Règlementation du marché de l’influence : de nouvelles obligations pour les plateformes en ligne ?

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Dans un contexte toujours croissant de règlementation de la vie en ligne et notamment des plateformes, c’est au tour du marché de l’influence d’attirer l’attention conjointe du législateur, du gouvernement et des autorités de...more

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Regulation of influencers: towards new obligations for online platforms operating in France?

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In an ever shifting French regulatory landscape in relation to online practices, especially for online platforms, influencer practices have currently become the focus of the French legislator and public authorities for the...more

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France Fines Discord under GDPR

The French data privacy authority (DPA) announced that it will fine Discord, Inc. 800,000 euros under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Discord is a social messaging platform popular with gamers, technology...more

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France - E-merchants, don’t forget to update your T&Cs of sale!

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A new French Decree on the legal guarantee of conformity of goods, digital content and digital services was published on June 30th, 2022. A new French Decree no. 2022-946 on the legal guarantee of conformity of goods, digital...more

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France - E-commerçants, n’oubliez pas de mettre à jour vos CGV !

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Un nouveau décret relatif à la garantie légale de conformité pour les biens, les contenus numériques et les services numériques a été publié le 30 juin 2022...more

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French Government Considering a Draft Law Imposing New Cybersecurity Transparency Obligations for Platforms

What You Need to Know The draft law would impose transparency obligations relating to cybersecurity. It is still being discussed and adjusted, but it could potentially come into effect in 2023. “Large-scale” online platforms...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.11.2020 | Top Story: Banner Airbnb Public Trading Debut Has Some Worrying About Tech Bubble

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Because too much of a good thing is always trouble (especially on Wall Street), market watchers are warning of a new tech bubble after Airbnb’s monster IPO on Thursday. The home-sharing app’s shares rose more than 112% to...more

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French Court refuses to suspend Microsoft’s hosting of a public health data lake despite CNIL opinion (the Health Data Hub case –...

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On October 14, 2020, the French Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d’Etat) published its decision in a lawsuit requesting that the French health data platform (Health Data Hub) be suspended for breach of the GDPR in light...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.18.2020 | Top Story: Apple Cuts Revenue Expectations and HSBC Axes Jobs as Coronavirus Infects Business...

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Apple announced that the coronavirus outbreak that’s brought Chinese manufacturing to a near-standstill and continues to spread around the world will affect its quarterly sales expectations.  The news makes Apple “one of the...more

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The French Competition Authority Can Now Be Notified Online of Concentrations

For concentrations meeting the conditions set forth in Article L. 430-2 of the French Commercial Code, a notification to the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence) is mandatory. To facilitate merger control...more

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2018-2022 French Programming Act for Justice: inching towards virtual justice?

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The 2018-2022 French Programming Act for Justice recently adopted specific provisions relating to online arbitration, in an attempt to decongest French Courts facing increasing caseloads. This important step towards virtual...more

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Impact of the Act No. 2016-1321 Dated 7 Oct. 2016 for a Digital Republic on Online Intermediation Platforms

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The French Act No. 2016-1321 of 7 Oct. 2016 for a Digital Republic (the “Digital Republic Act”) amends the existing framework for online intermediation platform created under Article L.111-5-1 of the French Consumer code by...more

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WIPO - France: Domain name used for cyber fraud

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In a recent decision under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a Panel ordered the transfer of a domain name because, although it had never been...more

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EU & Competition Law Update – August 2016

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EU: Regulatory Scrutiny of Online Hotel Booking Continues - The 13 July 2016 saw the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announce that it had sent a questionnaire to a large sample of hotels throughout the UK. As...more

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