GDPR attorney
GDPR compliance: anticipate, don't react.
INFLUXIO is a firm offering deep expertise in GDPR compliance and personal data risk management. Our Paris-based firm supports businesses in all stages of compliance, from initial audit to personal data protection.
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Alexandre Bigot-Joly
Partner
Music law, influence, media, communications & criminal law. Lecturer at CELSA, ISCOM and ESP.
Raphaël Molina
Partner
Intellectual property, e-reputation, business law, criminal law & influencer law. Contributor to the influencer legislation.
Maria Berrada
Partner
Intellectual property, AI, Web3, GDPR, digital criminal law & eSports. Legal counsel for the French Video Game Federation.
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Practical examples
Support during CNIL audit for a media group
An online press group received an on-site CNIL audit regarding its advertising tracking practices. Teams were prepared, responses coordinated, and case closure obtained without sanctions.
GDPR compliance for a franchise network
A network of 80 franchises collected customer data inconsistently. Practices were harmonized, a centralized registry deployed, and managers at each location trained.
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“We entrusted INFLUXIO with a complex case. Their technical expertise, strategic vision and the quality of their legal briefs were decisive.”
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What is the GDPR?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European regulation that harmonizes personal data processing rules within the EU. Adopted on April 27, 2016 and applicable since May 25, 2018, the GDPR aims to strengthen personal data protection and individuals' rights. In France, the CNIL supervises GDPR enforcement at the national level.
A GDPR attorney is an expert in personal data protection law.
Our support: GDPR compliance.
INFLUXIO supports entrepreneurs as data controllers in implementing essential legal elements:
- ✓Creating the privacy policy for collected personal data
- ✓Information texts for online forms (e-commerce) to inform users
- ✓Drafting the cookie policy displayed on the website
- ✓Sanctions imposed by the CNIL have reached a new level in recent years: €150 million against Google LLC and €60 million against Facebook Ireland on December 31, 2021 for non-compliance with cookie legislation (Article 82 of the Loi Informatique et Libertés), and €20 million against Clearview AI on October 17, 2022 for unlawful processing of biometric data. For businesses, GDPR compliance is no longer an optional investment but a condition of reputational and financial survival
- ✓Clauses explaining data security measures and processing methods, in accordance with GDPR requirements
- ✓If needed, drafting contracts with technical providers (hosts, developers, maintenance services…)
External Data Protection Officer (DPO): a flexible solution.
What is an external DPO?
An external Data Protection Officer (DPO) is an expert who performs DPO functions for a company as a service provider. They oversee GDPR compliance, ensuring data processing respects individuals' rights and legal obligations.
Advantages of an external DPO.
An external DPO offers specialized expertise, increased flexibility, and efficient GDPR obligation management without burdening the company's internal structure.
The GDPR attorney's role as external DPO.
The GDPR attorney can also serve as external DPO, offering compliance services, legal advice, and data processing supervision.
A GDPR attorney's missions.
Compliance audit.
Our GDPR compliance audit includes a detailed analysis of internal processes, security policies, and consent management practices. Its goal is to highlight all possible gaps in personal data protection. We also address processing carried out by banking watchlists and AML database publishers, leveraging GDPR access, rectification and erasure rights.
What is a GDPR attorney?
A GDPR attorney helps you understand and apply personal data management requirements under European regulation. This includes interpreting legal obligations, managing legal risks, and implementing data protection policies.
Document drafting and revision.
Attorneys draft and revise compliance documents such as privacy policies, data processing contracts, and user consents. These documents must be clear and GDPR-compliant.
Incident management.
Effective incident management is crucial, see also our cybersecurity expertise for minimizing legal impacts. This includes risk assessment, internal response coordination, and CNIL communication.
Internal procedure implementation.
The attorney helps implement internal procedures for compliant data management, including employee training, processing protocols, and processing registers.
Compliance, international transfers and sanctions.
GDPR is not just a cookie banner: it requires a structured approach to data governance, processing mapping and accountability chain organization. Our firm deploys operational compliance and defends our clients before the CNIL.
The pillars of compliance.
Compliance, at the crossroads with cybersecurity, rests on six pillars: processing register (GDPR Art. 30), impact assessments (DPIA, Art. 35) for high-risk processing, framing of subprocessors via DPA agreements (Art. 28), procedures for managing data subjects' rights (access, rectification, erasure, portability, opposition), breach notification (Art. 33-34), staff training and accountability.
The CNIL provides sectoral references that facilitate the demonstration of compliance.
Transfers outside the EU and the Data Privacy Framework.
Since the Schrems II ruling (CJEU, 16 July 2020, C-311/18), any transfer to a third country requires a valid mechanism: adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses (SCCs 2021), binding corporate rules (BCRs), or limited derogations. The Data Privacy Framework, adopted by the Commission on 10 July 2023, secures transfers to certified U.S. organizations again, subject to case-law developments.
CNIL sanctions and litigation.
The CNIL may impose administrative fines up to €20 million or 4% of annual worldwide turnover (GDPR Art. 83), injunctions under penalty payment, warnings, and limitation or suspension of processing. Public sanctions are multiplying (Google, Amazon, Clearview AI). Appeals are brought before the Conseil d'État.
Our firm ensures defense during on-site or remote controls and structures contentious proceedings.
How does the AI Act interact with the GDPR?
The EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) entered into force on 1 August 2024 with a phased calendar: prohibited practices applicable since 2 February 2025, general-purpose AI obligations since 2 August 2025, and high-risk system rules from 2 August 2026. The AI Act does not replace the GDPR: any AI system processing personal data must satisfy both regimes.
The lawful basis must be documented, DPIAs (GDPR Article 35) are usually mandatory for high-risk systems, and Article 22 GDPR continues to govern fully automated decisions with significant effects. Our firm aligns AI governance with GDPR compliance and prepares clients for upcoming AI Office investigations.
Data Protection Impact Assessments in AI projects.
DPIAs must address training data lawfulness, dataset minimisation, bias mitigation, retention, and rights of data subjects (notably the right to object and the right to human review). The CNIL has published sector-specific recommendations on generative AI (2024-2025) which serve as a benchmark for our compliance audits.
International transfers post-Schrems II.
AI providers frequently rely on US infrastructure. The Data Privacy Framework (10 July 2023) reopened transfers to certified US importers, but transfer impact assessments (TIAs) remain required for non-certified destinations. INFLUXIO drafts SCCs, BCRs and TIAs tailored to AI training, fine-tuning and inference flows.
GDPR enforcement trends and CNIL strategy.
Since 2022, the CNIL has shifted to a more aggressive enforcement posture, issuing record fines: €150 million against Google (Cookies, December 2021), €60 million against Facebook (January 2022), €40 million against Criteo (June 2023), and €32 million against Amazon France Logistique (December 2023, employee monitoring).
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) coordinates one-stop-shop investigations across Member States, and the Irish DPC has imposed multi-billion euro fines against Meta.
Our firm anticipates these trends by aligning client practices with binding guidelines (EDPB 03/2022 on dark patterns, 04/2024 on legitimate interest), CNIL recommendations on cookies, mobile apps and AI, and the new EDPB-EDPS joint opinions on the EU AI Act / GDPR interaction.
Class actions and individual claims.
Article 80 GDPR allows non-profit associations (UFC-Que Choisir, La Quadrature du Net, NOYB) to file collective complaints. The Court of Justice (C-300/21, 4 May 2023) confirmed that non-material damage requires actual harm but lowered the evidentiary bar. We defend controllers in class proceedings and individual claims before judicial courts.
GDPR audits and certifications.
We conduct GDPR maturity audits aligned with ISO 27701, draft Records of Processing Activities (Article 30), Data Protection Impact Assessments (Article 35), and represent clients during CNIL inspections, sectoral audits and binding corporate rules approval procedures.
Useful glossary in GDPR law.
- DPO
- Data Protection Officer (Articles 37-39 GDPR), mandatory for public authorities and large-scale processing of sensitive data or systematic monitoring.
- DPIA
- Data Protection Impact Assessment (Article 35 GDPR), mandatory for any processing likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons.
- Schrems II
- CJEU ruling (C-311/18, 16 July 2020) invalidating the Privacy Shield ; any transfer outside the EU now requires supplementary safeguards (SCCs 2021, BCRs, Data Privacy Framework since 10 July 2023).
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Businesses must ensure processing transparency, obtain consent, implement security measures, maintain processing registers, and respect individuals' data rights. They must also notify data breaches to the CNIL and affected individuals.
Penalties can reach 20 million euros or 4% of annual worldwide turnover, whichever is higher.
Conduct a GDPR compliance audit with a specialized attorney. The audit evaluates current data processing practices, identifies gaps, and proposes corrective actions.
Sensitive data such as health data or biometric information requires enhanced security measures and particular attention to individuals' rights. Explicit consent is crucial, and data collection and processing should be minimized.
The appointment of a Data Protection Officer (DPO) is mandatory in three cases provided by Article 37 of the GDPR: when processing is carried out by a public authority or body, when the core activities of the business require regular and systematic monitoring of individuals on a large scale, or when the organization processes sensitive data on a large scale.
INFLUXIO offers outsourced DPO services tailored to the size and sector of your business.
A CNIL inspection can take four forms: on-site inspection, online inspection, hearing of directors, or document-based inspection. In case of an on-site inspection, the company must cooperate, facilitate access to premises and information systems, and provide the requested documents. Obstructing an inspection is a criminal offense. INFLUXIO can assist you during and after the inspection.
DPO appointment is mandatory in three cases (Article 37 of the GDPR): when processing is carried out by a public authority or body, when core activities require regular and systematic large-scale monitoring of individuals, or when the organization processes sensitive data or criminal conviction data on a large scale.
DPO appointment is mandatory (GDPR Art. 37) for public authorities, organizations whose core activities involve large-scale regular and systematic monitoring, or large-scale processing of sensitive data (health, criminal offenses). For other SMEs, it remains optional but recommended by the CNIL as a compliance best practice and risk-mitigation tool.
Article 33 of the GDPR requires notification to the CNIL within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach, where it is likely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals. If the risk is high, the data subjects must also be informed (GDPR Art. 34). An internal breach register is mandatory.
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INFLUXIO is a law firm specialized in GDPR, based in Paris. Compliance with Reg. EU 2016/679, external DPO, CNIL audits, processing register, DPIA, data breaches and inspection representation.
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