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Security services want smart camera technology. Critics fear it’ll turn the country into surveillance state.

A file showing dates of birth, addresses and income levels was publicly accessible for 18 months. It had been sent to a training firm which says it thought it was a fictitious list

France’s Council of State, the country’s highest legal entity, is meeting on Friday (16 April) to decide whether to allow the widespread retention of connection data, despite the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg having already ruled against the practice several times. EURACTIV France reports. According to a request made by several associations, including digital rights group La Quadrature du Net, several decrees put forward by the French government would have breached EU law because they a...

The French government's decision to have Microsoft host the country's Health Data Hub is causing outrage in the French and European digital ecosystem, it is also worrying data protection advocates. EURACTIV France reports.

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? In November 2020, the French learned that their government was about to pass a law that could punish anyone sharing images or recordings of police officers with up to a year in prison and 45,000 euros in ...

As the so-called “global security law” opened Pandora’s box in France regarding privacy protection, the national parliament’s upper house debated last week whether the data of too many people are stored in the country’s databases for identification, administrative or surveillance purposes. EURACTIV France reports. Deputies in the French Senate probed the matter on 10 February, at a time when the security context appears to be gradually taking precedence over health matters. According ...

Charlie Bird , January 30th, 2021 09:22 Photographer Eddie Otchere captured jungle and drum n bass from the inside. On the eve of Velocity Press publication of their oral history of the scene, Who Say Reload (which features Otcheres images extensively), Charlie Bird caught up with the photographer to discuss nights down the Blue Note, the hardcore continuum and why dancing is dangerous to conservativism All pictures courtesy Eddie Otchere Eddie Otchere is a curator, photographer and educator. H...