France Metadata Retention VPN Metadata Retention in France The French Government on February 2015 decided to impose metadata retention policy on its citizens. The respective authority, under this data retention policy requires the internet service providers to monitor and any suspicious online behavior by any of its users. Moreover, the ISPs are also required to handover cellular data of its users. The policy also provides the French government with the privilege to dig deep into any respective individual’s social media, emails and other online communications services. Mass surveillance and traffic …
What is Metadata? Metadata can be defined as the activities or moves that you make on the web via any digitally connectable device like desktop, tablets, smart phones etc. Literally transformed, when you browse the web, respective information like IP addresses, device type, login date and time, physical location etc all gets categorized as metadata. The Australian government on 26th March 2015 passed the bill on Metadata retention that requires the pertinent ISPS/telecommunications industries to monitor and garner the metadata information of every single Australian and retain it for a …
