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  • Video – interview on the bright side of the GDPR, and presentation of a new startup, RegTech company dedicated to regulatory compliance

    Raphaël Dana was interviewed by Florence Duprat on the TV channel B SMART, for her program SMART LEX, “The rendez-vous dedicated to legal professionals”.

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  • Video – Presentation and interview on the Dematerialized Collection of Patient Consent

    We made a presentation with Vincent Lermigny, DPO of the French leading private medical group AlmaViva Santé (41 clinics, 5000+ employees), on the dematerialized collection of patient consent.

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  • Video – Privacy Talks on Recent French and Swiss Privacy Developments

    Recent French and Swiss Privacy Developments – A Discussion between Privacy Friends.

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  • Written Q&A Guide on Shareholders’ Rights in France

    A Q&A guide to shareholders’ rights in private and public companies law in France.

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  • E-signature and COVID

    This article discusses the electronic execution of contracts and the validity of e-signatures under French law in the context of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

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  • Who’s Who Legal 2021 Recognition

    Who’s Who Legal, who identifies the foremost legal practitioners and consulting experts in business law based upon comprehensive, independent research, announced that Raphaël Dana had been voted by his pairs as a Thought Leader in the Data Privacy & Protection, Data Security, and Information Technology categories.

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  • Artificial Intelligence 2020

    Our team was invited to write the French chapter of the Artificial Intelligence Guide, in the section dedicated to business intelligence of the publication Lexology – Getting the Deal Through, part of Law Business Research, a leading provider of business information, legal analysis tools and networking for the global legal markets.

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  • GDPR/CCPA Compliance

    We participated in an online seminar organized by the ITechLaw association, alongside our colleagues Doron Goldstein (Katten, New York) and Liz Harding (Polsinelli, Denver). The topic discussed was “Practical Approaches to Compliance with GDPR / CCPA”

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  • ePrivacy Regulation: Compliance Strategies

    In May 2020 we hosted a presentation at the US Privacy + Security Forum conference with Jon Frankel from Zwillgen (Washington DC) on the topic “The ePrivacy Mess: Compliance Strategies for an Uncertain Future”.

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Archives

  • April 2018 : Contracts, negotiation and enforcement in France, Thomson Reuters Practical Guide
  • February 2018 : Speaker, International Privacy + Security Forum, George Washington University, Washington DC
  • 2017 : Q&A France Outsourcing 2017, Practical Law Outsourcing Global Guide, Thomson Reuters
  • 2016 : Thomson Reuters, Practical Law Global Guides, Q&As Contract Enforcement & Negotiation Global Guide 2016
  • December 2016: Speaker at the International Workshop on Postmortem data, National Research Agency, Sorbonne University
  • 2016: Thomson Reuters, Data Protection & Privacy 3rd edition
  • 2016 : Global Legal Group, International Comparative Legal Guide to: Outsourcing 2016
  • January 2016: Author of the French chapter of “Data Protection & Privacy”, cross-border handbook covering 38 jurisdictions, Practical Law Global Guides, Sweet & Maxwell International Series
  • October 2015: Author of the French chapter “E-Commerce 2016” published in Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research, London
  • September 2015: Author of the French chapter “Outsourcing 2016” published in Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research, London
  • October 2014: Author of the French chapter “E-Commerce 2015” published in Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research, London
  • September 2014: Author of the French chapter “Outsourcing 2015” published in Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research, London
  • August 2014: Law Business Research, London, “Monitoring in the workplace”
  • January 2014: “Google Inc. ordered to pay a EUR150,000 fine by the French Data Protection Authority”
  • November 2012: Published in E-Commerce Law & Policy, Google’s privacy policy and its compliance with European law
  • September 2012: Published in American Bar Association – International Law News – Information, Privacy & Security, Fall 2012, Vol. 41, No. 4, The French Narrowly Escape Introduction of a Centralized Biometric Database
  • April 2012: Data Protection Law & Policy: In depth analysis of the biometric database developments in France
  • March 2012: E-Commerce Law & Policy: Google rolls out new privacy policy despite criticism from EU
  • January 2012: European Lawyer Reference Series, Data Protection & Privacy: Jurisdictional Comparisons (author of the French chapter)
  • October 2011: LexisNexis JurisClasseur Communication Commerce Electronique, The Order 2011-1012 of August 24, 2011 : precisions on the contents of marketing emails and creation of an obligation to notify personal data breaches (French version)
  • July 2011: Published on the specialised website www.nymity.com: 2011 Overview of Employment and Employee Privacy Laws and Key Trends in France
  • May 2011: Published in the specialised publication Data Protection Law & Policy, Bill on improving data privacy in the digital age: an analysis
  • October 2010: Speaker, American Conference Institute, Data Privacy Protection for Life & Health Sciences, Complying with Divergent Privacy Laws in the U.S., EU and Abroad (Philadelphia, USA)
  • August 2010: Published on the specialised website : Privacy Backgrounder and Hot Topics for France
  • June 2010: LexisNexis JurisClasseur Communication Commerce Electronique, Analysis of recent French case law on whistleblower systems (English translation and original French version)
  • November 2009: LexisNexis JurisClasseur Communication Commerce Electronique, L’avocat correspondant à la protection des données personnelles
  • July 2009: Why appoint an attorney as data privacy correspondent
  • September 2007: Speaker, Member of a panel of data privacy law experts, at the Licensing Executives Society Annual Conference (Dublin, Ireland). Presentation titled International Data Transfer Compliance – Bordering on the Impossible – discussed a variety of legal and regulatory issues arising from the typical business activities of a multinational regarding global transfers of data.
  • Ethics & Compliance Officer Association, Webcast: “SOX Whistleblower Hotline Programs in the EU – Evolving Best Practices in France, Germany and Elsewhere”
  • Published in Data Protection Law & Policy and in E-Commerce Law Report, Analysis of the French Data Protection Authority’s December 14, 2006 decision, published April 12, 2007 (Tyco Healthcare France fined for lack of cooperation and transparency)
  • Published in JurisClasseur Communication Commerce Electronique, Manque de coopération et de transparence : la CNIL condamne Tyco à une amende de 30.000 €
  • Article published in BNA special issue “International Data Transfers,” The French Data Protection Authority Orders Tyco Healthcare France to Pay a €30,000 Fine
  • May 2007: Article published in BNA International World Data Protection Report, London, The French Data Protection Authority Orders Tyco Healthcare France to Pay a €30,000 Fine
  • 2006: American Bar Association Publication, Chapter 9, Anonymous SOX Hotlines for Multi-National Companies: Compliance with E.U. Data Protection Laws
  • January 2006: The Corporate Counsel, Podcast interview discussing French whistleblowing regulations with American and European attorneys
  • January 2006: Article published in BNA International World Data Protection Report, Dual SOX/CNIL Compliance: Update on New Online Authorization Process
  • Fall 2005: Anonymous SOX Hotlines in the E.U.: Compliance Guidance has been published in the following journals: American Bar Association: The Securities Reporter, Computer Law Review International, BNA, Inc., Washington DC
  • 2005: Contributor to “Les Fusions-Acquisitions aux USA” (Mergers-Acquisitions in the U.S.), by Yves Quintin, Esq., Bruylant
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