New French Data Protection Act and Implementing Decree Take Force
Hunton Privacy
JUNE 13, 2019
The adaption of French law to the new EU data protection framework was conducted in various stages: The French Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978, was first amended by a law dated June 20, 2018, while its implementing Decree of October 20, 2005, was amended by a Decree of August 1, 2018. On June 1, 2019, New Decree No. 2019-536 (the “Implementing Decree”) took force, enabling the French Data Protection Act, as amended by an Ordinance of December 12, 2018, likewise to enter into force.
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