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On July 7, 2026, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a draft of new guidelines on anonymization (“Guidelines”) [1]. These Guidelines aim to update Opinion 05/2014 of the Article 29 Working Party on anonymization techniques, in order to take into account developments “in the legal, privacy, engineering and technological landscapes”....

DELSOL Avocats, a multidisciplinary law firm that assists clients in France and internationally with all their legal needs, announces the appointment of Jean-Baptiste Croizier as a partner in the « Non-profit Organizations – Social Entrepreneurship » department that now has six partners, three counsels, and thirteen associates, making it the...

France is the world’s top tourist destination and one of its largest short-term rental markets. But the rules of the game changed significantly in March 2026. Below are the key takeaways if you own or are considering buying a property in France. A market under pressure France has over 1.2 million furnished tourist properties. Short-term...

France did not meet the June 7, 2026 deadline for transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive. However, the government submitted a new version of the draft law to Labor Unions on June 5, 2026. Although the text is still far from being adopted, employees could already seek to rely on the direct effect of EU Directive 2023/970. Key Elements...

The French Economic Life Simplification Bill (Loi de simplification de la vie économique), adopted by the French Parliament on 14–15 April 2026, will significantly raise the turnover thresholds triggering mandatory pre-merger notification to the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence, the « FCA »). The reform, which amends Article...

On 23 February 2026, France enacted Law No. 2026-122, introducing, for the first time, a confidentiality regime for in-house legal counsel opinions. It will enter into force no later than 1 February 2027, pending an implementing decree. While in-house lawyers in the US and the UK could shield their internal legal opinions from disclosure in...

By way of four deliberations dated 19 March 2026, the French data protection authority (CNIL) has updated two of its reference methodologies governing the processing of personal data carried out in the context of health research : MR-001, relating to processing operations carried out in the context of health research requiring the collection...