“
Dear public servants, hello
”: it is with these words that a video of just over six minutes begins, which has been controversial for a few days.
Inside, the Minister in charge of Transformation and the Public Service, Stanislas Guerini, defends the government's pension reform project, and explains the changes brought about by the text for civil servants.
Seemingly innocuous, this video nevertheless arouses the ire of certain civil servants, who are annoyed by the sending of this video - described as "
government propaganda
" - directly to the mailbox of agents.
“
We have already received your “educational” video on the pension reform on our professional mailbox, but now also on our personal mailbox via the DGFIP??
I file a complaint with the Cnil
“, the French policeman in charge of the protection of personal data, thus annoyed an Internet user, on Twitter.
“
I admit to finding it quite shocking that Stanislas Guerini has public officials sent by the DGFIP – which has their email addresses for
“added another.
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The controversy was also fueled by the intervention of trade union organizations opposed to the government's plan, and which were offended by this practice.
"
The government uses the personal data of National Education and Higher Education officials to make propaganda for the pension reform
", thus denounced Sud Education.
“
Personnel have never consented to receiving government propaganda on their personal email as is the case today.
This maneuver is contrary to the general regulations for the protection of personal data
“(RGPD), added the union, specifying to seize the Cnil “
to put an end to this fraud
”.
Questioned by journalists, the ministry defends itself, for its part, from any embezzlement.
The emails were sent to state civil servants by the Directorate General of Public Finances (DGFIP), which “
has the e-mail addresses communicated by public officials (professional and/or personal) in their relations with the 'administration
', and it was she who was responsible for broadcasting the video, explained Stanislas Guerini's cabinet.
Moreover, the ministry did not have access to the DGFIP contact file, and this procedure has already been used in the past, for example to send a "
letter to agents [...] on complementary social protection
".
For the minister's entourage, finally, the video is only "
HR content
", which only aims to inform about the changes to come for the pensions of the agents.
It remains to be seen whether the CNIL will agree.
Contacted, the institution has not yet returned to us.