K&L Gates ranked “Highly Recommended – Band 1” with E. Drouard & Claude-Etienne Armingaud.
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Leaders League Ranking 2019 – Technologies, internet & telecommunications – Internet – France
June 1st, 2019 | Posted by in Communication | France | IT | Rankings | Software - (0 Comments)Italy: Legal Recognition of Blockchain-based Timestamping
June 1st, 2019 | Posted by in Blockchain | Europe | Trusted Services and eSignature - (0 Comments)Italian law no.12/19 dated 11 January 2019 (the “Law”) came into force on 13 February 2019 and cemented the legal enforceability of electronic timestamping performed through blockchain technologies.
(more…)European Data Protection Board Clarifies the Interplay Between the EU Clinical Trials Regulation and the General Data Protection Regulation
April 8th, 2019 | Posted by in eHealth | Guidelines | Privacy - (0 Comments)On 23 January 2019, the EU Data Protection Board (“EDPB” – the gathering of all European Union (EU) data protection authorities) adopted opinion no. 3/2019 (the “Opinion”) on the interplay between the Clinical Trials Regulation no. 536/2014 “CTR”) and the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Anticipating the application of CTR (currently expected to occur in 2020) following the implementation of the EU portal and the EU database of the European Medicines Agency, the Opinion provides clarification on (i) the different legal bases for the processing of personal data operations related to a specific clinical trial, from commencement of the clinical trial until the deletion of personal data collected during the clinical trial (“Primary Use”); and (ii) the further use of the same personal data set for any other scientific purposes (“Secondary Use”). Without establishing a legal basis, no one can process the personal data needed to run a clinical trial or to use the personal data for other research.
(more…)Blockchain & Data Protection: Trustless Should Not Mean Distrusted!
November 8th, 2018 | Posted by in Blockchain | Europe | France | IT | Privacy - (0 Comments)Amidst the international tidal wave caused by the entry into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) in May 2018, many half, or even false truths have been spread about hindrance on a global scale of innovative technologies. However, we must keep in mind that Europe has adopted a long-standing position of technology-neutral regulations and data protection is no exception.
Indeed, from a GDPR perspective, no technology would be prohibited or regulated by nature – only its application to a specific purpose may be regulated, inasmuch as it involves personal data -whether relating to the participants and miners or the payload data itself- and falls within its broad geographical scope (see our previous Alert for more details).
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Leaders League Ranking 2018 – Technologies, internet & telecommunications – Internet – France
July 1st, 2018 | Posted by in Communication | France | IT | Rankings - (0 Comments)K&L Gates ranked “Highly Recommended – Band 1” with E. Drouard & Claude-Etienne Armingaud.
Source: Leaders League
Leaders League Ranking 2018 – Technologies, internet & telecommunications – IT law – France
July 1st, 2018 | Posted by in Communication | France | IT | Rankings | Software | Trusted Services and eSignature - (0 Comments)K&L Gates ranked “Recommended – Band 2” with E. Drouard & Claude-Etienne Armingaud.
Source: Leaders League
AMF synthesis of the contributions received on Initial Coin Offering (ICO) regulation in France
February 28th, 2018 | Posted by in Blockchain | France | IT | Legislation | Trusted Services and eSignature - (0 Comments)The French Autorité des Marchés Financiers has recently published a synthesis of the contributions it received in response to its public consultation on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) to obtain stakeholder views on how these new types of blockchain offerings might be regulated.
The consultation included a presentation of ICOs, a warning on the risks they present, a legal analysis of ICOs with respect to the rules overseen by the AMF and the regulatory options proposed by the AMF. Respondents were invited to give their views on all of these points.
The English version of the synthesis can be found here, the French version here and our previous coverage of the consultation can be found here.
First published on K&L Gates Fintech Law Blog.
Connecting the Dots: U.S. and International Issues and Regulatory Developments on Connected Cars/Autonomous Vehicles, K&L Gates / Access Partnership, Washington, D.C.
December 6th, 2017 | Posted by in Artificial Intelligence | Conference | Connected Cars | Data Transfer | Europe | France | IT | Non classé | Privacy - (0 Comments)Mode information on K&L Gates website
France’s Financial Markets Authority Considers Its Options for Regulating Initial Coin Offerings
December 6th, 2017 | Posted by in Blockchain | France | IT | Legislation | Trusted Services and eSignature - (0 Comments)On 26 October 2017, France’s Financial Markets Authority, the “Autorité des Marchés Financiers” (“AMF”), published a discussion paper focusing on initial coin offerings (“ICOs”) that highlights the (many) dangers that arise from these unregulated transactions and discusses the regulation options that it currently foresees.
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The French Connected Cars “Compliance Package” in EU Pole Position
October 19th, 2017 | Posted by in Connected Cars | France | Privacy - (0 Comments)On 17 October 2017, after about 18 months of waiting, a consultation involving more than 20 players, and two intermediate versions, the French Data Protection Authority (“Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés” or “CNIL”) has released the final version of its “compliance package” on Connected Cars (“Compliance Package”).
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