Database
Restrictions on data
FRANCE
Since April 2016
Chapter Data policies |
Sub-chapter Restrictions on cross-border data flows
Ministerial Circular from 5 April 2016 - Note d'information du 5 avril 2016 relative à l'informatique en nuage (cloud computing)
A ministerial circular dated 5 April 2016 on public procurement states that it it illegal to use a non "sovereign" cloud for data produced by public (national and local) administration: all data from public administrations has to be considered as archives and therefore stored and processed in France.
Coverage Public sector