Hooray for La France!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12809076
"Mistakenly ... Accidentally"
Yeah, riiiiiiight.
France is my hero for the day.
Oh, and I like how Auntie Beeb there seems to assume that I either already know what CNIL stands for, or don't care. :)
[twenty-three seconds of "research" later]
Oh. I see, it's that the BBC knows "Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertes" is simply beyond my anglo-centric little comprehension! Zut alors!
[Edited in futile attempt to make the 'e' in "libertes" have an accent aigu and then given up on, and replaced with a naked 'e'. Merde.]
Fucking Google, nothing ever changes.
I personally read the English version (http://www.cnil.fr/english/news-and-events/news/article/google-street-view-cnil-pronounces-a-fine-of-100000-euros/) as my French is a bit rusty now.
V.I. Lenin! Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!
To quote the main man HST
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely.