French senators debate over-reliance on databases
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 to a parliamentary report, 106 databases were made available to administrative and police/gendarmeri...