With growing threats of harassment and cyberattacks, safeguarding directors’ personal data has become essential.

Since the decree of August 22, 2025, company directors and personally liable partners can now request the confidentiality of their home address in official registers (RCS and RNE). This measure aims to enhance the security of directors against risks of assault, harassment, or cyberattacks.

Key points of the reform:

Who is eligible?
Individual directors and personally liable partners of companies (SARL, SAS, SA, SNC, civil companies, etc.).

Procedure:
Requests are submitted via the single registration portal (guichet unique). The commercial court clerk has 5 business days to process the request. In case of silence, the director may refer the matter to the judge supervising the register.

Effects:
The director’s home address is removed from the Kbis, RNE certificate, and corporate acts, both past and future.

Limitations:
If the company’s registered office is the director’s home, this address remains public. Confidentiality applies only if the registered office is separate from the home.

Restricted access:
Certain authorities and entities may still access this information, including tax authorities, police, gendarmerie, creditors, and certain social security bodies.

To fully benefit from confidentiality, directors whose companies are domiciled at their personal address may consider:

• Transferring the registered office to an approved domiciliation company.
• Using a law firm or accounting firm for domiciliation.
• Setting up a professional PO Box for correspondence (as a complement).

This reform provides an important tool to protect directors’ privacy while ensuring compliance with legal transparency obligations.