Privacy & Information Security Law Blog: CNIL Publishes Initial Assessment Of GDPR Implementation

On September 25, 2018, the French Data Protection Authority (the "CNIL") published the first results of its factual assessment of the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in France and in Europe. When making this assessment, the CNIL first recalled the current status of the French legal framework, and provided key figures on the implementation of the GDPR from the perspective of privacy experts, private individuals and EU supervisory authorities. The CNIL then announced that it will adopt new GDPR tools in the near future. Read the full factual assessment (in French).

Upcoming Consolidation of the French Legal Framework

The French Data Protection Act ("the Act") and its implementing Decree were amended by a law and Decree published respectively on June 21 and August 3, 2018, in order to bring French law in line with the GDPR and implement the EU Data Protection Directive for Police and Criminal Justice Authorities. However, some of