UberPOP two French leaders before the judges – Boursorama

The CEO of Uber France, Thibaud Simphal will soon be tried for the smartphone application UberPOP. (AFP / File / MIGUEL MEDINA / STF)

UberPOP is in the viewfinder of government and justice. The CEO of Uber France, Thibaud Simphal and the Director for Western Europe, Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, “should be notified of a summons for trial later,” said a judicial source in AFP this Tuesday, June 30 The two officials agreed since Monday as part of a preliminary inquiry in November 2014.

Only UberPOP is covered by the survey. The application for smartphones is indeed perceived as an “illegal”. This allows to connect drivers and customers to transport against remuneration, but it carries no social burden. This type of linking is particularly targeted by the Thévenoud Act of 1 October 2014 which strengthened the sanctions.

The application allows to be linked with a UberPOP driver. But unlike taxis or bikes, they do carry no social burden. (AFP / THOMAS OLIVA / STR)

Last Thursday, after mobilizing – sometimes violent – taxis, François Hollande had found qu’UberPOP should be “disbanded and declared illegal “. After receiving the representatives of taxis, the Interior Minister had also increased the firmness of gestures, recognizing that only justice could pronounce the closure of UberPOP service.

The survey also aims alleged acts of “illegal storage of personal data beyond the period previously provided for the implementation of the treatment,” according to a judicial source. This component involves customer data collection and possible violations of the Data Protection Act 1978. freedoms In March, the Paris headquarters Uber France had been searched. Documentation, mobile phones and computers were seized.

Uber disputes for months Thévenoud the law which governs the activity of transport vehicles with driver (VTC). The US parent company filed two complaints against France before the European Commission, to obtain the cancellation of this law. Other companies like Airbnb – based on the same model of “collaborative economy” – have managed to comply with French legislation

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Comparison of permit conditions and supply of taxis, VTC and UberPop vehicles in France. (AFP /)