How Orange Telecom and French intelligence services cooperate

You can see which subsidiaries are owned by Orange (headquartered in France) on the wikipedia page[1]. This angle plays more favourably to proponents of the "wireless and fixed carriers are national security concerns" policy.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(telecommunications)

Then they also expose the potentual for questionable employee's. Also such outsoureced locations have less defined data protection laws and regulations than the customer base they serve.

So say what you like but I'd trust the French goverment not to sell on my bank details, pass my phone number onto a scammers list and PPI spammers etc etc.

I used to be with Orange msyelf, but left for various related reasons that also entailed changing bank account numbers as well.

Yes, and if it's not legal, it will be made so retroactively.

So, the French and the US approach to privacy is the same. But as opposed to the US, the French dispense with rubber-stamping oversight. And I'm expecting absolutely no reaction from either of the two main political parties. "Think of the children" or "think of the Chinese"...

No.. thanks.