Paris retreats on security database

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Series Details 12.9.08
Publication Date 12/09/2008
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Article reports that French civil rights groups scored a rare victory in September 2008 when the government agreed to rethink a plan to allow security services to collect personal information on business leaders and almost anyone with a role in public life. President Nicolas Sarkozy ordered his interior minister to 'protect liberties' and consult critics on how to narrow the scope of a new security database known by its acronym, Edvige.

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BBC News, 10.9.08: Sarkozy in civil liberties U-turn http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7608732.stm
European Digital Rights: France: More than 50,000 signatures against EDVIGE, July 2008 http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number6.15/50000-signatures-edvige
France24, 9.9.08: Controversy over Edvige database still going strong http://www.france24.com/en/20080909-controversy-about-new-edvige-police-database-still-going-strong-france

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