Brexit & RGPD: data transfers to the UK authorised

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As a direct consequence of the Brexit, the sharing of personal data with the UK has become a transfer of data outside the EU, which is prohibited in principle by the RGPD. Since 28 June 2021, the UK has been recognised as a country with a level of data protection equivalent to that guaranteed by the RGPD. Under ... Read more

"Towards the end of publishers' auditing practices? " 

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The Paris Court of Appeal has just ruled on a key legal issue for software publishers, concluding that failure to comply with the terms of a software licence falls under the rules of contractual liability and not those of tort liability applicable to counterfeiting, as set out in Article L335-3 of the French Commercial Code (Code de ... Read more

Cookies and other trackers: only a few days left to comply

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By 31 March 2021 at the latest, all operations involving the reading and/or writing of information on the user's equipment must comply with the applicable legislative rules. The CNIL's deliberation of 17 September 2020 reiterates these rules: in practice, the "cookies" banner must give users three options: "accept all", "reject all" and "accept all". Read more

A proof agreement set aside on the grounds of a significant imbalance in the rights and obligations of the parties.

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Cour d'appel de Paris, Pôle 5 - chambre 5, 7 January 2021, no. 18/17376 Restrictive practice of competition and significant imbalance in the rights and obligations of the parties: a proof agreement stipulating that only the supplier's information system is authentic between the parties declared unenforceable. A distance selling company had entered into an agreement with ... Read more