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Further to checks carried out by the CNIL at the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010, the CNIL observed that the vehicles used by Google over the French territory to develop its Street View service collected and recorded photographs and the flow of data from individuals' Wi-Fi wireless networks without their knowledge
Several actors on the internet such as Facebook, eBay and Google have brought an action before the Conseil d'Etat (the French supreme administrative Court) to obtain the cancellation of the second implementation decree of the Law on the Confidence in the Digital Economy (LCEN) regarding the storage and communication of data (please refer to the Legal and regulatory update - March 2011) which requires that hosting providers and Internet access providers store user data for a one-year period
The Directive on electronic commerce ("e-commerce Directive") and its adaptation to evolving practices has lead to lively debates, particularly in Europe and in France
