Law note · France
GDPR Articles 33-34, Breach Notification
cite Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Arts. 33-34
stage In effect
since 2018-05-25
reviewed 2026-08-24
A controller must notify the CNIL within 72 hours of becoming aware of a personal-data breach, and notify the affected individual without undue delay where the breach is likely to result in a high risk to their rights and freedoms. This session found no France-specific derogation from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) timeline or threshold; treat this as the GDPR-uniform baseline rather than an independently confirmed French addition.
What it asks of an app
- Notify the CNIL within 72 hours of becoming aware of a personal-data breach affecting a person in France, and notify affected individuals without undue delay where the breach is likely to result in a high risk to them.
When LexLint raises it
Declared activities: crawls_web, trains_models, deploys_chatbot, processes_biometrics
Primary source: GDPR Arts. 33-34