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On May 20, the Conseil d'Etat upheld a CNIL decision denying authorization to a private company to implement automatic personal data processing to monitor child pornography offenses.
On May 20, the Conseil d'Etatupheld a CNIL decision (source document in
French) denying authorization to a private company to implement
automatic personal data processing to monitor child pornography
offenses. According to the Conseil d'Etat, private
companies are not authorized persons or organizations that can
process data on criminal offenses, pursuant to article 9 of the
French data protection act.
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