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French privacy watchdog now alerting companies of right to silence over sanctions

By Matthew Newman ( August 18, 2025, 16:23 GMT | Insight) -- Companies that appear before the French privacy watchdog's sanction-setting body have begun to be told they have the right to remain silent after lawyers challenged the CNIL's procedures, the watchdog said today. But a recent Constitutional Council decision won't boost companies' defense rights as it deals only with the CNIL's sanctions procedures, not inspections, a lawyer who has represented large companies before the CNIL warned.Companies that appear before the French privacy watchdog's sanction-setting body have begun to be told that they have the right to remain silent after lawyers challenged the constitutionality of its procedures, a spokesperson for the watchdog said today....

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