France:
French Supreme Court Rejects Personal Data Protection For Legal Entities
29 September 2016
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Richard Johnson
,
Anand Varadarajan
and
Nicole Perry
Jones Day
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On June 29, the French Supreme Court (Cour de
cassation) issued a decision (source document in French) holding
that only natural persons can invoke a breach of their privacy
within the meaning of Article 9 of the Civil Code. Although French
judges previously held that legal entities could benefit from some
privacy attributes, the French Supreme Court refused to extend such
protection and to recognize a general right to privacy for legal
entities.
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