France - Internet companies challenge decree requiring them to store personal data

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The French Association of Internet Community Services (ASIC), which groups more than 20 Internet companies including Facebook, Dailymotion, PriceMinister and Google, filed a complaint with the Council of State on 6 April challenging a new addition to the 2004 Law on Confidence in the Digital Economy (LCEN) that requires them to keep large amounts of user data. The LCEN has already turned commercial web-hosting companies into Internet censors by requiring them to act as judges and evaluate (...)

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