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Chambers and Partners 2026 rankings

DELSOL Avocats is proud to be listed in 6 Chambers and Partners 2026 rankings : Construction - Band 3 Corporate/M&A : Mid-Market - Band 2 Corporate/Commercial Litigation : Highly Regarded - Band 2 Pharma/Life sciences - Band 3 Tax - Band 6 General Business Law - Spotlight In addition to these collective rankings, Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE...

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CNIL sanctions Free Mobile and Free for various breaches of the GDPR following data breaches

On 8 January 2026, the French data protection authority (CNIL) issued two rulings against Free Mobile [1] and Free [2] (the “Companies”), imposing fines of €27 million and €15 million respectively for various breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In this case, the Companies were alerted in October 2024 that an attacker had...

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A new online service, ‘Ma Certif’Pro Santé’, to monitor the periodic certification requirement for healthcare professions registered with an Ordre

On 27 December 2025, Decree No. 2025-1335 [6] (the “Decree”) was published in the French Official Journal. In particular, this Decree : sets out the arrangements for monitoring and supervising compliance with the periodic certification obligation applicable to healthcare professionals ; specifies the procedures applicable in the event of a...

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Major contributions by the CJEU on the concepts of pseudonymisation and personal data

In a judgment dated September 4th, 2025 [10] , the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) provided major clarifications regarding the concept of personal data. In this case, the Court was asked to rule, in particular, on the qualification, in terms of the definition of personal data, of comments made by individuals to a controller (the...

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AI Regulation : distribution of responsibilities between French national authorities

On 9 September, in accordance with the Regulation on artificial intelligence (“AI Act”) [11], the French Ministry of Economy and Finance unveiled the list of national authorities responsible for artificial intelligence and the division of their respective powers [12]. The diagram presented by Bercy distinguishes between the authorities...

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Appeal seeking annulment of the Data Privacy Framework dismissed

In a ruling dated September 3, 2025 [13] , the General Court of the European Union (“GCEU”) dismissed the appeal brought by the French member of parliament Philippe Latombe, seeking annulment of the “Data Privacy Framework” established by the European Commission’s adequacy decision of July 10, 2023, allowing the transfer of personal data from the...

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PRESS RELEASE - DELSOL Avocats advises AGORiA Santé on obtaining the CNIL’s 1st authorization to combine biology and SNDS data

DELSOL Avocats has advised the AGORiA Santé consortium, in partnership with BIOGROUP, on obtaining the CNIL’s (French data protection authoritys) first authorization to combine biology and SNDS (French national health data system) data in a health data warehouse. Created in 2021, the AGORIA Santé consortium comprises AstraZeneca France, Takeda...

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Publication of the code of practice for general purpose AI models

On 10 July 2025, the code of practice (“Code”) [15] for general purpose artificial intelligence models (“GPAI models”) was published. Provided for in Article 56 of Regulation 2024/1689 on Artificial Intelligence (“AI Act”), the Code forms part of the regulation’s phased implementation and is intended to help GPAI model providers comply with their...

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Launch of the PANAME project to help stakeholders analyse the confidentiality of their AI model(s)

On June 26th, 2025, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) announced the launch of the Privacy Auditing of AI Models (PANAME) project — which it will lead and legally frame — with the goal of developing a tool that can test the confidentiality of artificial intelligence models (“AI Model(s)”). This initiative comes against the backdrop of EU...

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Publication of the national strategy for artificial intelligence and healthcare data

On July 1st 2025, the Minister for Health and Access to Care, Yannick Neuder, presented the national strategy for artificial intelligence (AI) and healthcare data [18] ("Strategy") at an exceptional Strategic Committee meeting. Set up to take advantage of the development of AI in the healthcare field (e.g., improving the quality of care,...

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Court of Cassation ruling : new interpretation of the scope of an employee’s right of access to his professional emails

In a ruling dated June 18, 2025 [21], the Social Chamber of the Court of Cassation held that an employee’s right of access to his professional emails covered not only metadata but also the content of the emails. Called upon to rule on the scope of the right of access in a dispute between an employee and his employer in the context of his...

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The CNIL issues new recommendations on the use of legitimate interest for the development of AI systems

On June 19, 2025, the French data protection authority (CNIL) published two new practical guidelines [24] [25] detailing its recommendations regarding the use of legitimate interest as a legal basis for developing artificial intelligence systems (“AIS”), particularly in cases involving the harvesting of data available online (web scraping)....

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Contributions of the Economic Life Simplification Bill to the Legal Framework for Health-Related Research

The Draft Economic Life Simplification Bill, passed by the French National Assembly on June 17th, 2025, seeks to promote French innovation in the healthcare sector by easing both the practical conditions for conducting researches in France and the administrative formalities that accompany it. Indeed, the very name of the title - “Simplify to...

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European Commission launches a public consultation on the implementation of the rules applicable to high-risk AI systems

On June 6, 2025, the European Commission launched a public consultation to gather feedback from stakeholders (e.g. providers and deployers of high-risk AI systems, industry organisations, independent experts, public authorities) on the implementation of the provisions applicable to high-risk AI systems (“Consultation”), as set out in Regulation...

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Best Lawyers 2026 ranking

DELSOL Avocats is delighted with the individual ranking of 27 of its lawyers in the The Best Lawyers ™ in France ranking, especially as it reflects the recognition of our peers. Alexis BECQUART Non Profit/Charities Law Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice Information Technology Law Privacy and Data Security Law...

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SOLOCAL MARKETING SERVICES sanctioned by the CNIL for non-compliance with the rules relating to commercial prospecting

In a decision dated May 15, 2025 [28], the CNIL imposed a fine on the company SOLOCAL MARKETING SERVICES (“Solocal company”) for failing to comply with regulations related to commercial prospecting and for breaching the obligation to demonstrate data subjects’ consent to the processing of their data. Solocal company, which operates in the field...

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DELSOL Avocats advised the Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Toulon - La Seyne-sur-Mer on the takeover of the Sainte-Marguerite clinic by Almaviva Santé

DELSOL Avocats advised the Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Toulon - La Seyne-sur-Mer (CHITS) on the takeover of the Sainte-Marguerite clinic in Hyères (south of France) by Almaviva Santé, a group specialising in private hospital services in France and owned by the Kuwaiti Wren House fund. This takeover is part of a disposal plan approved by...

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Legal 500 EMEA 2025 rankings

DELSOL Avocats is proud to be ranked in 8 Legal 500 EMEA 2025 categories : Construction – Tier 3 Data privacy and data protection – Tier 3 Employment – Tier 4 Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences – Tier 2 Mergers & Acquisitions – Tier 5 Private equity : venture/growth capital – Tier 3 Tax - Tier 5 The regions – Tier 1 DELSOL Avocats...

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The French health data hub “SNDS” : new databases added

The decree of February 7, 2025, published in the Official Journal on March 1, expands the list of databases included within the « catalog » of the French National Health Data System (hereinafter referred to as « SNDS »). As a reminder, in accordance with Articles L1461-1 and following of the French Public Health Code, the SNDS is a centralized...

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The inference capacity of AI systems : key element of their definition

On February 6, 2025, the European Commission published guidelines on the notion of "AI system" [29] ("Guidelines") as defined by article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on Artificial Intelligence [30] ("AI Act") and clarified by its Recital 12. As a reminder, the AI Act defines an AI system as "a machine-based system that is designed to...

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