Following up on its efforts in October to move toward the goal of adopting "an international binding legal instrument harmonizing the protection of privacy," France has announced its intent to bring the world's Internet leaders to the G8 Summit in May. An announcement from France's Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) suggests that including privacy on the agenda for the G8 "would mark a critical milestone in the protection of privacy against the development of digital technologies." Despite the continual exchange of data across borders and the prevalence of biometrics, geolocation and surveillance, the CNIL points out that "there is no globalized legal answer, and the levels of privacy protection are disparate."
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