GendNote is an application designed to replace the traditional book of handwritten notes used on the ground by the gendarmes to the collection of information.
the Two associations have asked the administrative justice to cancel the creation of GendNote, an application controversial note-taking for the constables, which they denounce the dangers to the privacy of citizens.
GendNote works on smartphones and tablets, professionals of the gendarmes, and is intended to replace the traditional book of handwritten notes used on the ground for the collection of information.
But unlike the notebook, GendNote "is nested with many other existing software", say the two associations, the Internet Society France, which defends the rights of internet users, and HES (Marseille and socialismes) that defends those same-sex couples.
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The application will therefore be able to help "suck all the data relating to individuals, including religion, sexual orientation, political opinions, race or ethnicity is supposed to be", which could be placed in the notes of the gendarmes, they added. The two associations filed Tuesday, an appeal to the Council of State against the decree of 20 February creating the file.
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in Addition to the presence in the application of sensitive data, the two organisations also denounce the fact that the information contained in GendNote can in some cases be transmitted to the prefectural authority, or to the mayors.
During the controversy that followed the publication of the decree establishing GendNote, the force had argued that the decree had been submitted to the Cnil, the guardian of the liberties of the French in the face of the files and treatments computer.
She had also indicated that the registration of sensitive data in the free fields of GendNote was provided "that in case of absolute necessity" and "within the limits of the mission for which they are collected".
Date Of Update: 04 June 2020, 00:58
