Ariane is renowned for her in-depth knowledge of data protection matters and advising some of the world’s most innovative and technologically advanced companies Ariane is joint head of our International Data Protection Group and is one of the leading lawyers in personal data protection law. She is based in our Paris office. Ariane advises French and international companies and public services clients on all aspects of personal data protection and privacy, particularly international data transfers and businesses, monitoring at work and data protection issues. She also assists her clients with their relationships with the CNIL and with other national or local Data Protection Authorities. She advises clients on technologies, privacy and individual liberties and on the application of personal data protection laws, audits of information systems and compliance of data processing systems. A member of the Paris Bar since 1995, Ariane previously worked within the Legal Department of the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) focusing on international matters before becoming an expert to the DG XIII of the European Union Commission where she helped to draft the 1995 Directive on Personal Data Protection. In 2008, Ariane was admitted as a Legal Expert to the EuroPriSe project launched by the EU Commission, allowing her to offer assessments to manufacturers and vendors of IT products and IT-based services in order to obtain EuroPriSe privacy certification. In June 2012, CNIL awarded her the "label CNIL”, for her data protection training seminar, "Loi Informatique et Libertés - le regime juridique des traitements et des fichiers". She is a frequent speaker at data protection related conferences and training seminars. She is also a regular contributor to newspapers and specialist legal magazines.
Bird & Bird
Bird & Bird‘s ’responsive and dynamic team’ is well regarded for its ability to handle issues such as global compliance, international transfers of data and the data protection aspects of cloud computing services. The unit’s expertise is frequently sought out by clients from regulated sectors such as banking, insurance and life sciences. Ariane Mole heads up the team and counts digital compliance issues, such as cookies, cyber security and e-health, among her practice strengths. Willy Mikalef‘s expertise covers assistance with CNIL dawn raids, GDPR audits and data transfer tools. Oriane Zubcevic frequently handles GDPR compliance audits, while Julie Verdure has specialist expertise pertaining the use of processors, including cloud providers.
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‘A responsive and dynamic team, with in-depth knowledge of regulations. In addition, there are few firms specializing in data protection capable of working in an international environment, which represents a strength of Bird & Bird.’
‘Willy Mikalef, Julie Verdure and Ariane Mole are all excellent!’
‘The team is unique in that it has in-depth, multidisciplinary, diversified, pragmatic, educational and international expertise. The quality of the work is therefore excellent. In particular, the team uses unique innovative technologies to provide its advice.’
‘Ariane Mole and Willy Mikalef stand out for their experience and way of advising clients - no time is wasted, owing to their immediate understanding of the problems.'
Key clients
- Meta
- Euronext
- HubOne
- Doctolib
- Novocure
- LEEM
- IQVIA
- Cityscoot
- DPD Group - Geopost
- Shoebox
Work highlights
- Advised Meta on data protection and privacy regulatory matters concerning personal data processed within the metaverse under the GDPR, taking into account the future state of regulations.
- Assisted Euronext on data protection issues and successfully represented the client in litigation before the Conseil d’État (France's highest administrative court).
- Advised Doctolib, HubOne, Salesforce, Novocure, IQVIA, LEEM, Cityscoot, Equinix, Biosency, Shoebox, CWT (Carlson Wagonlit Travel), Huawei, and DPD Group (Geopost) on data protection matters.
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Ariane Mole