France

Reports and Analysis

Key Resources

Data Exploitation in the French Elections

In the run up to the French presidential election of 2017, political parties increasingly used data-driven targeting techniques and companies to manage their campaigns. Here are some examples.

Long Read

Association Confraternelle de la Presse Judiciare and 11 Other Applications v. France

European Court of Human Rights Intervention On 15 September 2017, Privacy International filed an intervention to the European Court of Human Rights in Association Confraternelle de la Presse Judiciare and 11 Other Applications v. France. This case challenges various surveillance powers authorised

News

21st January 2019

Statement on CNIL Google GDPR fine

8th November 2018

The Letters

8th November 2018

PRESS RELEASE: Privacy International files complaints against seven companies for wide-scale and systematic infringements of data protection law

12th March 2018

A day in the life of Camille, a 25-year-old cis woman living in Paris

9th February 2018

French Minister states opposition to surveillance technology exports

18th January 2016

Mind the gap: A review of the right to privacy at the UN in 2015

Examples of Abuse

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French presidential candidates violate website consent requirements

According to research conducted by Ronan Chardonneau, a French associate professor of digital marketing at Angers University, none of the websites of the eleven candidates' in the 2017 French presidential elections, that he looked into respected CNIL's directives regarding information that should be

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Our Advocacy

The Right to Privacy in France

This stakeholder report is a submission by Privacy International (PI). PI is a human rights organisation that works to advance and promote the right to privacy and fight surveillance around the world. PI wishes to bring concerns about the protection and promotion of the right to privacy in France