Protected Access for Name Change Requests
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The rule keeps certain personal decisions about civil status and nationality, including name change matters, out of search engine results. These documents can still be accessed on Légifrance, but only through protected access designed to prevent indexing. It mainly affects individuals named in these decisions and public bodies that publish official records. The practical effect is stronger privacy for sensitive personal administrative acts.
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Key Changes
- Personal acts on civil status and nationality may only be published under conditions that block search engine indexing
- Relevant documents are made available through protected access on Légifrance
- Name change-related notices receive stronger privacy protection in official publication
Obligations
What this law requires
Individual acts concerning a person's civil status or nationality, including name change decisions, may be published in the Journal officiel de la République française only under conditions that guarantee they are not indexed by search engines.
Covered individual acts relating to civil status or nationality must be made available on Légifrance through protected access rather than ordinary indexable public access.