Radical Overhaul of the French Data Protection/Anti-Spam Regime as France Implements Two European Directives
Mondaq Business Briefing › France Law Articles in English (2004)
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Radical Overhaul of the French Data Protection/Anti-Spam Regime as France Implements Two European Directives
On June 21, 2004, the French "Law on Confidence in the Digital Economy" was adopted.1 That law contains stringent new provisions on marketing e-mails, as mandated by the 2002 EU Directive on Electronic Communications and Privacy.2 On July 15, 2004, the French Law on Data Protection (which dates back to 1978) was radically amended in order to bring it in line with the requirements of the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive.3 The amended law is about to enter into force (August 2004).4 Both of these legislative changes directly impact companies doing business in France. This alert outlines the key points of the reform and points to the practical implications arising from implementing the new legal regime.
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