As part of its effort to raise more funds from web giants like Google, which are accused of using loopholes to avoid paying taxes in the country, France is considering a new measure that would tax the collection of personal data from users. France has been working on legislation to make web companies pay for the use of French networks, but as Reuters reported earlier this month, lawmakers backed away from the legislation in order to have a commission study the issue. The new tax measure isn't a guarantee — it resulted from a government commissioned report, and doesn't yet have approval of the French government — but it shows the country's creativity in looking for new sources of revenue.
The measure shows France's creativity in...
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