🇫🇷 France

Data-protection & privacy developments in France (Europe). Auto-maintained from the daily feeds; add curated notes freely.

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• 2026-09-07 CNIL: Deletion request for an online published press article — In this article, the CNIL addresses the conflicting interests of freedom of information and the data protection right to erasure. It also refers to the possibility of anonymization and that previous recipients should also be informed of this. 1.27 Denmark: Handling of access requests (Datenzirkus (BvD))
• 2026-09-07 CNIL: Conflicts of interest for a data protection officer — The French data protection authority CNIL published guidance on avoiding conflicts of interest for a data protection officer. It also explains how these can be identified and resolved. It also addresses the situation when an external data protection officer is appointed for both a controller and its processor (Datenzirkus (BvD))
• 2026-09-04 Misleading commercial practices: a stricter legal framework, increased controls, and best practices to prevent them — Consumer protection is reaching a new milestone in France and across Europe. Driven by recent European legislation (the Digital Services Act, the Empowering Consumers Directive, and the AI Act) and stricter national penalties, reaching up to five years in prison and fines of up to €3.75 million for online violations, the legal framework governing misleading commercial practices is being significantly strengthened….By: Hogan Lovells Cadwalader (Consumer Protection RSS Feed)
• 2026-09-03 Plenary agenda of September 3, 2026 — The National Commission for Information Technology and Freedoms met on Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 9:30 am with the following agenda: (RSS)
• 2026-09-03 Health data breach: €500,000 fine against HÔPITAL PRIVÉ DE LA LOIRE — On September 3, 2026, the CNIL issued a fine of €500,000 against HÔPITAL PRIVÉ DE LA LOIRE for failing to take appropriate measures to ensure the security of patient data and certain relatives’ data (RSS)
• 2026-08-24 Automated decisions: fine of nearly 825 million euros against UBER (RSS)
• 2026-08-21 Data breach: the CNIL fined NEXPUBLICA FRANCE €1.7 million (European Data Protection Board)
• 2026-08-21 Data breach: France Travail fined €5 million (European Data Protection Board)
• 2026-08-24 Higher education: rules and best practices for using online collaborative tools (RSS)
• 2026-08-24 Primary and secondary education: rules and best practices for using online collaborative tools (RSS)
• 2026-08-18 Hacking of the tax authority’s information system: verifications are underway (RSS)
• 2026-08-19 Credit refusal: frequently asked questions (RSS)
• 2026-08-27 Raising awareness among 5th grade students about data protection (RSS)
• 2026-08-26 AI: CNIL updates its traceability tool for open source published models (RSS)
• 2026-09-01 Participate in the IT & Freedoms Meetings on September 29, 2026 (cnil.fr)

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