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On August 7, 2007, France’s Council of State (Conseil d’Etat) upheld rules that require Internet service providers, cybercafé operators and telecommunications companies to retain user connection data and make them available upon request to law enforcement authorities for up to one year
On August 24, 2011, France’s new law concerning electronic communications (Ordonnance n 2011-1012 du 24 août 2011 relative aux communications électroniques, or the “Ordinance”) came into force
On November 12, 2008, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) announced that the sending of commercial messages via Bluetooth requires the consumer's prior consent
