By Raphaël MORENON
4 April 2025
In the digital age, our personal data has become a bargaining chip, a coveted resource, but also a potential source of vulnerability. Every day, we entrust information about ourselves to companies, administrations and online platforms. While most organisations do their utmost to comply with the rules, incidents do occur: massive data leaks exposing millions of users, misuse of information for non-consensual commercial purposes, breaches of security obligations, etc. When a breach of data protection rules affects a large number of people in a similar way, the consequences can be manifold: increased risk of identity theft, financial loss, loss of control over information, but also moral damage linked to the feeling of intrusion or powerlessness. Faced with such failings, acting alone can seem an insurmountable task. It is in this context that group action specifically for the protection of personal data comes into play. Created by the...