Antoine Boullet

Sep 18, 2024 | lexology.com | Rhiannon Webster |Nicolas Quoy |Alexander Duisberg |Andreas Mauroschat |Cristina Grande |Shehana Cameron-Perera | +12 more

Welcome back to a slightly delayed August edition of Data Bytes. This month's edition includes commentary on some large and unusual fines. In the UK, August saw the first intention to fine a data processor, with a proposed fine of over £6 million heading its way towards Advanced Software Group following a ransomware attack on this supplier in 2022 affecting NHS critical services.

Jul 4, 2024 | lexology.com | Nicolas Quoy |Antoine Boullet

The French law on securing and regulating the digital environment (“SREN”) was officially passed on 21 May 2024 and published in the Official Journal dated 22 May 2024, representing a major legislative step towards strengthening the security and regulation of technology and online spaces in France. It marks a significant advancement in safeguarding digital environments and ensuring responsible digital governance in France and introduces the following key provisions:1.

Jun 6, 2024 | lexology.com | Rhiannon Webster |Nicolas Quoy |Alexander Duisberg |Andreas Mauroschat |Cristina Grande |Shehana Cameron-Perera | +11 more

A warm welcome to our May edition of Data Bytes. With the headline news in the last month being the upcoming general election on July 4 and the accompanying news that the DPDI Bill has been dropped, the focus on data protection related legislation has passed over to AI. Wil the rumours circulating that a labour government will introduce a similar piece of legislation to the EU AI Act come to fruition? See our byte sized updates on this and more below.

May 15, 2024 | lexology.com | Rhiannon Webster |Alexander Duisberg |Andreas Mauroschat |Nicolas Quoy |Cristina Grande |Matthew Worsfold | +14 more

Welcome to our April edition of Data Bytes, where the Ashurst UK and European Data Privacy and Cyber Security Team summarise the key privacy legal and policy developments of the previous month. It's very neat that the month of April has an A and an I in the right order, as April was a month of AI updates a plenty.

Feb 12, 2024 | lexology.com | Antoine Boullet

On the 27th of December 2023, the CNIL fined AMAZON FRANCE LOGISTIQUE €32 million for implementing an excessively intrusive system to monitor employee activity and performance, as well as for deploying a video surveillance system that lacked adequate information disclosure and security measures. Indeed, employees were given a scanner to document the performance of tasks assigned to them in real time.