[TheHappyOddish]

If an unknown entity bursts violently into your office, locking your computer seems a very reasonable security precaution to take.

I would assume the French legal system has methods like most democracies to require a company to retain data and request a copy of that data. We're talking about a corporate office here, not a drug packaging center hidden in the basement of a suburban home where everyone hurries to flush narcotics.