- ∃ a (centralized) data collection by the french secret services (DGSE)
- almost all telecommunications are intercepted and stored (physically, at 141 Boulevard Mortier, Paris)
- They value metadata (social graph, etc) more than contents
- Some parts of the Police force and some other agencies have access to some of the data
- The DSGE assets that the law does not "cover" this operation. The CNIL (French commission for "computing and freedom") disagrees. There is some general consensus to pretend that this French PRISM does not exist.
- ∃ a (centralized) data collection by the french secret services (DGSE)
- almost all telecommunications are intercepted and stored (physically, at 141 Boulevard Mortier, Paris)
- They value metadata (social graph, etc) more than contents
- Some parts of the Police force and some other agencies have access to some of the data
- The DSGE assets that the law does not "cover" this operation. The CNIL (French commission for "computing and freedom") disagrees. There is some general consensus to pretend that this French PRISM does not exist.