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France bans Microsoft Office 365 and Google Workspace in schools

Student versions of Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace have been banned in France. | Font: Microsoft/Google

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France decided to ban the use Microsoft Office 365 Education D Google Workspace for Education in all their schools. Free versions of software packages for use by your students have been banned Ministry of Education French language in all institutions throughout the country.

According to local media, Government French made this firm decision specifically for the free versions of the software, not its paid variants. The reason is that the education-focused free alternatives to Microsoft and Google software suites are not qualified. SecNumCloudcertification French National Cyber ​​Security Agency (ANSSI) for commercial cloud products.

Free software packages are no longer welcome in France

In August 2022 Philip Latombe -member National Assembly FranceMinister of Public Education warned Papa Ndiaye that although the free version Microsoft Office 365 This is an attractive alternative because it does not require any payment and is also a form of illegal dumping, a term used to refer to selling a product at a lower price in order to eliminate competition and retain the largest market. share. .

“Microsoft Office 365 At first glance, this may seem attractive, but offering this service for free is an extreme extreme and deserves unfair competition. This raises a serious question about sovereignty because it is higher. Please let us know your opinion on this matter.”Latombe noted.

From my side, ndiaye mentions that educational institutions in the country should use joint sets Europe “that store data in European Union and not transfer them to the USA”. With this decision, France joins Germany like a country European Union which prohibits the use Microsoft Office 365 school. The latter determined that “The complex exchanges information with data centers in the USA”‘, which was vetoed in 2019 due to privacy concerns.

Microsoft and Google targeted by Europe

European Union believes that Microsoft D Google do not comply with their data policies even after the decision Court of Justice of the European Union 2020 regulating the exchange of information with other territories. However, both tech firms are still trying to win contracts with the European government in the cloud.

For example, Microsoft have Cloud for sovereigntya service for public sector clients that enables the use of the firm’s cloud services in accordance with required policies. Google It has a European Union user data policy that can be processed in accordance with regulations by the end of 2022 and can also be used in schools.

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