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

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

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]. 2018-1125 of 12 December 2018. [2] 1] Ordinance No.

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

12 In other words, the 1983 amendment was seen as limiting the depth rather than the breadth of discovery.13. Thus, while many preservation steps can seem like passive exercises, the impact on privacy can be significant. 4150, 2009 WL 3459204, at *12 n.8 12-2515, 2013 WL 3974535, at *2 (E.D. 2008); see also White v.

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The debate on the Data Protection Bill in the House of Lords

Data Protector

To date, the Commission has adopted 12 such decisions. Decisions also follow a lengthy procedure, so the chances of having an adequacy decision in place by March 2019 are small. Withdrawal from the EU means that we stand to lose the institutional platform from which we have exercised that influence.

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