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^Are you seriously making this argument? It seems you either have not read the linked story, or you don't understand that the CNIL issues guidelines that are the "law";

The decision to overrule an earlier revision by the Counseil D'etat alludes to the guidelines themselves as a measure of "Soft law".

Regardless, making an argument on the semantics of a word instead of the glaring arrogance on display where Government agencies or lawmakers can retroactively change the rules to seemingly target individual companies is ridiculous.