Civil & Administrative

Name Change Requests (Protected Access)

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law restricts the publication of individual acts concerning the state and nationality of individuals in the Journal officiel of the French Republic. It ensures that such acts are not indexed by search engines, thereby providing privacy and protection for individuals making name change requests. The relevant acts are accessible through a protected access on the Légifrance website.

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Key Changes

  • Individual acts regarding status and nationality cannot be published in the Journal officiel without protections.
  • Acts related to name change requests are not indexed by search engines.
  • Access to these acts is limited to a protected area on the Légifrance website.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Do not publish individual acts concerning state and nationality of persons in the Journal officiel de la République française unless search engine indexation is prevented

Journal officiel publishers, French public administration
prohibition
high

Implement technical or procedural measures to ensure individual acts related to state and nationality are not indexed by search engines

Journal officiel publishers, Légifrance website administrators
operational
high

Make acts concerning state and nationality of individuals accessible only through protected access on the Légifrance website

Légifrance website administrators
operational
medium

Obtain CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés) advisory opinion before implementing publication conditions for individual acts on state and nationality

French public administration responsible for implementing Articles R. 221-15 and R. 221-16
disclosure
high

Do not publish individual acts concerning the state and nationality of individuals in the Journal officiel of the French Republic unless search engine indexation is prevented

Journal officiel publishers and French Republic administrative authorities
prohibition

Affected Parties

Individuals requesting name changesPublic administration managing name change requests

Tags

name change,privacy,public access