The National Assembly approves the creation of a law for a "Cyberscore"

Internet giants could soon be awarded a "cyberscore" in France AFP

Text by: Dominique Desaunay Follow

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The French National Assembly approved, Friday, November 26, a bill on the creation of a "Cyberscore".

The system would serve to inform Internet users about the degree of security of their personal data set up by websites and various online service platforms.

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", exposed the report of the Commission of the laws.

Friday, an almost absolute majority of the deputies of the National Assembly adopted in first reading the "Cyberscore".

This device, which is both technical and legislative, should give online platforms a score of - A to E - on the same Nutriscore model already used for food products.

This labeling would also include the color codes, from green to red, in force on packaging containing food.

This score should appear when launching an online service or website.

The objective of the measure is to provide the Internet user with readable, clear and understandable information so that he can immediately see the degree of security that has been provided to his personal data. 

Complete the Consumer Code

The purpose of this law is to supplement the Consumer Code and as such is very different from the

which asks you to accept or refuse

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or the use of

of your private information without your informed consent. On the other hand, the text includes an amendment which refers to a future decree in order to set what will be its scope of application.

About a hundred websites would be affected by the measure, in particular “ 

 ” depending on their traffic or the number of their subscribers.

But it will not concern small internet players for whom this system would be too cumbersome and expensive to set up.

Affected videoconferencing and messaging services

Messenger,

, WhatsApp or even Microsoft's Teams would thus be required to display this certification with the obligation to carry out a "cybersecurity audit" with service providers authorized by the national information systems security authority, the Anssi.

In addition, and against the advice of the government, the deputies decided to integrate the location of the computer server which stores consumer data into “Cyberscore”. A measure decried by the Secretary of State for Digital, Cédric O, believing that information hosted on French territory " 

 " from computer attacks and that this certificate of location will generate a feeling of " 

 " among Internet users .

If it is definitively adopted after its return to the Senate, the application of the text is scheduled for October 1, 2023. On that date, offenders could be punished by a fine of 75,000 euros for a natural person and 375,000 euros. for a legal person, in other words companies and internet operators who do not display cyberscore on their platforms.

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