Digital tracing: public freedoms set limits on the French government

Black tracking, no, tracing, yes. Behind these barbaric words, there is clearly the government's will to choose the use of a technology that is the least intrusive possible for fellow citizens who are often suspicious of sovereign power and heated up white by conspiracy theses. Exit therefore the idea of ​​a geolocation of individuals as it is practiced in criminal investigation, and which delivers to the police the data of identification of the people. The government has chosen Bluetooth, a connection technology that makes it possible to limit data collection and simply trace the history of "social relationships".

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This choice of “soft” technology allows it to say that its implementation will not be imposed but will be based on “volunteering”. Or more specifically, as required by the 2002 European directive "ePrivacy" and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR), on " free and informed consent " of individuals.

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