The essentials.
- Mandatory legal notice: publisher, host, publication director.
- Non-essential cookies require prior consent.
- B2C email marketing requires prior consent.
- Fake reviews are a misleading commercial practice.
- Since June 2025, accessibility is required for many online shops.
The videos.
Chosen for this topic, with our viewing notes.
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15:46FR
RGPD / GDPR : FAQ avec la CNIL
The questions small organizations ask, put directly to the CNIL (France's data regulator): who is concerned, which obligations, which risks.
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Takeaways
- GDPR applies as soon as you process personal data, whatever your size.
- A record of processing, informing people and security are the first obligations.
- The CNIL publishes free guides for small businesses: start there.
Go further
- RGPD : par où commencer (opens in a new tab) CNIL · Guide
- Règlement général sur la protection des données (opens in a new tab) EUR-Lex · Official text
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3:02FR
RGPD : tout comprendre en 3 min
The regulation's principles in three minutes: purpose, minimization, retention, people's rights, sanctions.
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Takeaways
- Collect only what you need, for a specific purpose, for as long as necessary.
- People have rights: access, rectification, erasure, objection.
- Fines can reach 4% of worldwide turnover.
Go further
- Règlement général sur la protection des données (opens in a new tab) EUR-Lex · Official text
- RGPD : par où commencer (opens in a new tab) CNIL · Guide
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4:08FR
Tout savoir sur les mentions légales !
What every business website must display, and what you risk by forgetting. Check your own site after watching.
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Takeaways
- Publisher identity, contact details, host, publication director: the legal minimum.
- Companies add legal form, capital, registration and VAT numbers.
- Legal notice goes with a privacy policy and, when selling, terms of sale.
Go further
- Mentions obligatoires sur un site internet (opens in a new tab) Service-Public.fr · Official text
- Cookies et autres traceurs (opens in a new tab) CNIL · Official text
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4:13FR
Comment déposer une marque et pourquoi ?
Why protect your name with the INPI (French trademark office) before investing in a logo and a website, and how filing works.
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Takeaways
- Check the name's availability first: a filing doesn't erase an earlier trademark.
- Filing is done online, by classes of goods and services.
- Protection lasts ten years, renewable, in the chosen territory.
Go further
- Protéger sa marque (opens in a new tab) INPI · Official text
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Test yourself.
A few minutes to check what you remember from this topic.
This topic is part of the paths : Launch or redesign my website · Stay compliant: GDPR, cookies, notices, trademark.
The resources.
- RGPD : par où commencer
The first steps toward compliance.
Open (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Cookies : solutions pour les outils de mesure d'audience
The conditions for measuring audience without a consent banner.
Open (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Cookies et autres traceurs
The rules on cookies and consent.
Open (opens in a new tab) ↗ - La prospection commerciale par courrier électronique
What is allowed in B2B and B2C.
Open (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Mentions obligatoires sur un site internet
The information a business website must display.
Open (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Règlement général sur la protection des données
The official text of the GDPR.
Open (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Franchise en base de TVA 2026
VAT franchise thresholds and rules in France.
Open (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Protéger sa marque
Registering and defending a trademark.
Open (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Les étapes clés du dépôt de marque
From the prior-rights search to renewal, step by step.
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