An important step has been taken with StopCovid, the contact tracking application sponsored by the French government. National Commission on Computing and Freedoms (better known by the acronym CNIL) released Monday, May 25, 2020 A positive decision regarding its launch in France. This view is in line with the view published on April 24, 2020, in which the CNIL affirmed that it is not against the principle of distributing the application.
This second opinion is more complete as it focuses on the protection of personal data during the use of StopCovid. Not surprisingly, the CNIL therefore reviewed the application from top to bottom. confirms using information unnamed and geolocated to determine the affinity between two users. It is gratifying that previous recommendations have been taken into account.
Changes to implementation decrees
And in this new vision, he publishes others. It thinks that the information provided to the user should be strengthened, especially in terms of use. considers it necessary to specify. Information specific to minors and their parents (or guardians). He wants the decree that will govern StopCovid to include a paragraph about the right to object and delete data recorded by the platform, even if they are used under a pseudonym. Finally, he suggests The source code of the application is freely available. This is not trivial.
The next step for StopCovid: Voting of the implementing decree by the parliamentarians. Discussions on this decree will be held in the National Assembly. May 27, 2020, or tomorrow is Wednesday. If lawmakers and senators vote on the text, the legislature will receive the green light. Therefore, it will only be enough to distribute the app to volunteers’ smartphones via the Play Store and App Store, and arrival can be scheduled as early as this weekend. Note that Cédric O, Minister of State for Digital, thinks this is likely. StopCovid will be distributed from June 2On the occasion of the initiation of the second phase of the expulsion of the French. So it could well be the case.
Source : CNIL
