Is the threat actually the level of detail of users’ profile gathered by firms such as Google or the fact that information is monetized without our consent? (Not looking good in profile, Letters blog, letters.computing.co.uk). In other words, can we blame the Googlefolks to prepare the ground for innovative business habits? More importantly, François said in his last paragraph that in France companies are not allowed to manipulate/store private data – does this imply that government organisations are?

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