Europe · 2 laws · 5 requirements
France: the laws your website or app must follow
If your customers are in France, these are the privacy, consumer, security, accessibility and AI laws SafeLaunch checks your site against, with what each one requires and where in the law it says so. France also follows every European Union law; the national laws are below.
How a SafeLaunch audit checks each one
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Loi Informatique et Libertés art. 82 & CNIL cookie rules
In force; the CNIL's guidelines and recommendation on cookies (2020) set how it enforces them, with orders and fines every year.
Who it covers: Anyone storing or reading information on the devices of users in France.
What it requires of a website or app (4)
- Consent before non-essential cookies and trackers, and the visitor is told what they are forCheckedArt. 82
- Refusing is as easy as accepting: a 'refuse all' or 'continue without accepting' choice on the first layerCheckedCNIL recommendation 2020
- Marketing emails don't track opens or profile readers with pixels unless the person agreed; the sign-up explains it, a refusal is as easy as accepting, and every email has an easy way to withdraw (if if you send marketing or newsletter emails to people in France)AI reviewArt. 82; CNIL recommendation on email tracking pixels (deliberation 2026-042, 12 Mar 2026), s. 3–5
- In an app, nothing is read or written on the phone for recommendations, personalisation or ads before the user consents, and a refusal in the app is honoured (if if you have a mobile app or an in-app recommendation feature)AI reviewArt. 82 (CNIL SAN-2026-015, 22 Oct 2026; partly verified, decision text not read)
Sources:CNIL: Cookies et autres traceurs CNIL: Recommandation sur les pixels de suivi dans les courriels CNIL: Fnac Darty sanction (SAN-2026-015), news page
LCEN (mentions légales)
In force.
Who it covers: Publishers of online services accessible to the public in France.
What it requires of a website or app (1)
- Legal notices (mentions légales) identifying the publisher: name or company name, address, phone, register number, the publication director and the hostCheckedArt. 1-1
Sources:Légifrance: LCEN
Licensed professionals in France
These regulators' advertising and conduct rules apply on top of the laws above, only to sites of that profession.
- lawyersRèglement intérieur national (RIN) art. 10 (avocat communication)
- doctors and surgeonsCode de déontologie médicale (CSP R.4127-19 to R.4127-21; CNOM July 2026 edition)
- dentistsCode de déontologie des chirurgiens-dentistes (CSP R.4127-215-1 and ONCD recommendations)
- architectsCode de déontologie des architectes (décret 80-217, arts. 10 and 10 bis)
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A plain-language summary of what each law requires of a website or app, from the SafeLaunch rulebook, with the provision and official sources. It is not legal advice and not every duty in each law is listed.