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Article L12-10-1 of the French Insurance Code

The payment of a sum pursuant to a clause in an insurance contract intended to compensate an insured party for loss or damage caused by a breach of an automated data processing system referred to in articles 323-1 to 323-3-1 of the French Criminal Code is subject to the victim lodging a complaint with the competent authorities no later than seventy-two hours after the victim becomes aware of the breach.

This article applies only to legal entities and to natural persons in the course of their professional activity.

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Article L12-10-1

Le versement d’une somme en application de la clause d’un contrat d’assurance visant à indemniser un assuré des pertes et dommages causés par une atteinte à un système de traitement automatisé de données mentionnée aux articles 323-1 à 323-3-1 du code pénal est subordonné au dépôt d’une plainte de la victime auprès des autorités compétentes au plus tard soixante-douze heures après la connaissance de l’atteinte par la victime.


Le présent article s’applique uniquement aux personnes morales et aux personnes physiques dans le cadre de leur activité professionnelle.

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