Protected Access for Name Change Requests
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Name change and related personal-status notices must be made available in a way that prevents search engines from indexing them. The measure protects sensitive personal information while still allowing access through Légifrance under a protected-access system. This mainly affects individuals involved in name change, civil status, or nationality decisions, as well as public bodies that publish those notices. The practical point is privacy: these records should not become easily searchable on the open web.
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Key Changes
- Name change and similar personal-status notices are placed under protected access
- Search engines must not be able to index these individual records
- Access remains available through Légifrance rather than open searchable publication
Obligations
What this law requires
Publish individual acts relating to a person’s civil status or nationality in the Journal officiel only under conditions that prevent indexing by search engines.
Make affected individual acts relating to civil status or nationality accessible on Légifrance through the protected-access system rather than through openly indexable publication.