2020 and Beyond Legal Watch – December 2019. It’s a new year, but also a new decade ahead, with its challenges, constraints, and promises. To better address these issues, let’s take a brief look back at 2019. More than a year after the GDPR came into force, a first assessment of the implementation […]

Data security: to err is (often) human Legal Watch – November 2019. Data security: to err is (often) human. This is the observation of the public authorities responsible for the protection of personal data, meeting in Tirana from October 21 to 24. Several resolutions were adopted within the framework of […]

Facial recognition, artificial intelligence and ethics: the debate is gaining momentum Legal Watch – October 2019. Paying with your face rather than a credit card, using Amazon cameras to fight crime, as the Orlando police in the United States did, managing the movement of athletes and journalists at the Olympic Games in […]

We are sometimes more responsible than we think... or than we want to be Legal Watch – September 2019. This is the case when we install a simple plug-in on our website, even if we do not have access to the data collected through this means. A recent ruling by the Court of Justice of […]

A start to summer marked by record fines and new support measures. Legal Watch – July-August 2019. The start of summer sees a rise in the temperature, but also in the amount of fines for breaches of privacy protection rules. We note in particular the announcement by the ICO, the British supervisory authority, of its intention […]

GDPR One Year Later: What Lessons and What Outlook? Legal Watch – June 2019. On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation came into force. This new text has brought about numerous changes in business practices, whether in terms of their internal organization or contacts […]

FOCUS GDPR and employees: what legal framework? Legal Watch – May 2019. Two recent cases involving a major online bookstore raise the question of employees' leeway when it comes to processing the personal data of the company's customers. While data processing is currently regulated […]

Sensitive Data: A Particularly Broad Scope Legal Watch No. 50 – August 2022. It can be difficult to assess the sensitive nature of the data collected, and to decide whether this data requires specific protection under the GDPR. We echoed these interpretation difficulties in our editorial in […]

Dark patterns: what you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask… Legal Watch No. 45 – March 2022. This difficult-to-translate English term is found in many publications concerning information technology. Related to “nudging,” which aims to subtly encourage Internet users to adopt the desired behavior, “[…]

Ransomware: attacks on the rise Legal Watch No. 51 – September 2022. Ransomware: attacks on the rise: The news this fall brings us back to a recurring concern of data controllers: security breaches. The cyberattack on the Essonne hospital and the dissemination of several gigabytes of data […]