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Florence Chafiol

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Florence Chafiol, partner at August Debouzy, provides both advisory and litigation support to her clients, whether major French and foreign players or new economy companies (Next 40), on all their legal and strategic issues related to innovative technological projects in the digital, artificial intelligence or e-commerce fields.

She has also developed a highly recognized practice on all issues related to personal data in connection with the GDPR, and cybersecurity.

Florence Chafiol also assists her clients in the event of cyber security attacks and personal data breaches that they may experience and throughout the management of the resulting crisis. Finally, she assists her clients who have been the subject of formal notices or have undergone audits with the handling of their pre-litigation and litigation processes with the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) as well as with their “personal data” disputes before civil and criminal courts.

Florence has been teaching for several years at the DJCE of Montpellier (Corporate Lawyer Diploma) and at the University of Panthéon-Assas, in Paris, in connection with the DPO University Degree. She regularly leads or takes part in conferences and debates pertaining to personal data protection, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, and publishes articles on these subjects in the general and specialized press.

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  • IT and Data Protection
  • Competition, Retail and Consumer Law
  • Commercial and International Contracts


Education

  • Post-graduate degree (DESS-DJCE) in Business Law, University of Montpellier, 1995
  • Post-graduate degree (Magistère DJCE), University of Montpellier, 1993-1995
  • Diploma in “Contracts, Business Organizations”, University of Florida, Gainesville


Admitted to the bar

  • Paris, 1996


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French I English

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Data privacy and data protection : Tier 1
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Industry focus : IT and internet : Tier 1
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(Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2014):
Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Outsourcing, Privacy and Data Security Law, Technology Law


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Data Protection Law and Cybersecurity: leading
Telecommunications
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E-
Health: excellent

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Distribution law: excellent

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Advertising law & marketing: highly recommended

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    August Debouzy advised Argos Wityu on the acquisition from Siparex, BPM Group and other minority financial investors of a majority stake in Hexvia group, a leading French player in the moving services market, alongside Bpifrance.

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    August Debouzy advised Chausson Matériaux on the acquisition of Frans Bonhomme’s business in France

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    August Debouzy advised Quable in its merger with Ibexa

    August Debouzy advised Quable, a recognized specialist in Product Information Management (PIM), as well as its shareholders, in the context of its merger with Ibexa, a subsidiary of the European MarTech group QNTM and an expert in Digital Experience Platforms (DXP). Following this transaction, Ibexa has become the majority shareholder of Quable.

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    GDPR Breaches, Unfair Competition, and Health Data: The CJEU Weighs In

    In a judgment dated October 4, 2024 , the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) stated that the provisions of the GDPR do not prevent a national regulation (in this case, German) from allowing competitors of a company that has violated the GDPR to bring an action before civil courts against that company, based on the prohibition of unfair commercial practices.

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    GDPR and AI: A Case Study of Extraterritorial GDPR Application with Clearview AI Decisions

    By three decisions issued by the Italian, French, and Dutch data protection authorities, Clearview AI has been sanctioned for numerous violations of the GDPR. Beyond the violations committed by the company, these decisions illustrate the broad extraterritorial scope of the GDPR, which applies to a company that (i) has no establishment in the European Union and (ii) does not offer goods or services in the Union. The authorities deemed that the GDPR applies to the company’s processing because its database contains photographs of European residents collected from publicly accessible sources, allowing for ‘behavioral monitoring’ within the European Union (Article 3.2 (b)). These conclusions could apply to any artificial intelligence system that collects massive amounts of personal data, regardless of the provider's location or target market.

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    France is positioning itself at the forefront of AI, sports, and data initiatives ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics

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    August Debouzy has assisted the Clariane Group in entering into exclusive negotiations for the planned sale of its Hospital at Home (HAD) business in France

    August Debouzy has assisted Clariane, a global care, healthcare and hospitality group listed on Euronext Paris, in signing a put option agreement with Fond

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    August Debouzy assisted WeWork with the reorganization of its operations in France

    August Debouzy advised the French subsidiary of coworking giant WeWork on the reorganization of its operations in France. In the broader context of its

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    August Debouzy has advised the Menix Group, one of the French leaders in orthopaedic prostheses and dental implants, on the sale of Serf SAS, the division

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