Protected Access to Name Change Requests
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Name change decisions and similar personal-status records cannot be published in a way that lets search engines index them. These records remain available on Légifrance, but only through protected access designed to limit broad online discoverability. This mainly affects individuals whose civil status or nationality records appear in official decisions, as well as public bodies handling publication. The practical effect is privacy protection: the information can still be consulted, but it should not surface through ordinary web searches.
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Key Changes
- Limits publication of name change and similar personal-status records to formats that prevent search engine indexing
- Keeps the records accessible on Légifrance through protected access
- Applies privacy safeguards to individual acts concerning civil status and nationality
Obligations
What this law requires
Publish individual acts relating to a person's civil status or nationality in the Official Journal only under conditions that ensure the acts are not indexed by search engines.
Make the affected individual acts relating to civil status or nationality accessible on Légifrance through protected access rather than ordinary indexable publication.