THE FRENCH NATIONAL BAR COUNCIL OBTAINS PARTIAL CANCELLATION OF THE DECREE

USPA NEWS - The appeal of the National Bar Council, initiated a year ago, concerned the cancellation of the collection of sensitive data and the transfer of this data to the competent judicial and administrative authorities, in short the cancellation of the decree, . The Council of State has just consented to the second part of this appeal. Indeed, the decree n ° 2020-151 of February 20, 2020, authorizing an automated processing of personal data called "mobile note-taking application" or "GendNotes", allows gendarmes to dematerialize their recording. notes and facilitate electronic transmission to the competent judicial and administrative authorities.

The appeal of the National Bar Council, initiated a year ago, concerned the cancellation of the collection of sensitive data and the transfer of this data to the competent judicial and administrative authorities, in short the cancellation of the decree, . The Council of State has just consented to the second part of this appeal. Indeed, the decree n ° 2020-151 of February 20, 2020, authorizing an automated processing of personal data called "mobile note-taking application" or "GendNotes", allows gendarmes to dematerialize their recording. notes and facilitate electronic transmission to the competent judicial and administrative authorities. In a resolution adopted on March 20, 2020, the National Bar Council denounced the risks of drift and misappropriation of the data collected as well as the risk of registration of the population that such an application would generate.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On April 13, the Council of State confirmed the resolution of the National Bar Council by denouncing the risks of excesses and misappropriation of the data collected by this application. However, this victory is partial because the Council of State annulled only part of this decree, that which provides that the data can be exploited "in other treatments, in particular by the means of a system of pre -information ". The National Bar Council remains fully mobilized for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Source: French National Bar