Alert in the 17th this Tuesday, April 23 for a full-scale test. Your phone will ring!

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Residents of 17e arrondissement of Paris will be surprised this Tuesday to hear their cell phone ringing 'alert. The Paris prefecture reassures in advance on this point, ensuring that this is only a simple test, the third full-scale of the “FR-Alerte” information system. This alert system , developed by the Ministry of the Interior, would allow the French to be informed in real time in the event of danger. This will be implemented in the capital at the time of the Olympic Games.  

So, people in the 17th arrondissement of Paris will this time be the recipients of this alert message. Only people living in the Epinettes and Porte de Clichy neighborhoods will not be targeted by the system. The alert will be issued during the midday time slot, which the prefecture designates as “a notification accompanied by a specific sound signal” The phone's silent mode won't cut it. Furthermore, it is also possible that people departing from or arriving at Gare Saint-Lazare may be affected by this message.  

With these test devices, the prefecture explains that it wants to raise awareness of this new alert mode such as informing about the behavior to adopt in the event of a real alert. Thus, there is no need to call 17 or the police, no action is required following this sending.  

After receiving this message, recipients will be able to answer an online questionnaire. This use would eventually make it possible to inform “any person with a mobile phone of their presence in a danger zone in order to inform them of the behaviors to adopt to protect themselves“.  

This system, the activation of which depends on the prefect, would make it possible to quickly disseminate the security measures to be adopted in the event of major danger. By this we mean natural, industrial or terrorist dangers. In addition, an interactive map is available on the FR-Alerte website to highlight the danger zones.  

A device that can still raise questions about the actual use that will be made of it, this one being able to finally amplify the feeling of anxiety of the people warned. Moreover, it seems to presuppose a tracking of each and every one by means of his telephone, which can leave unresolved the question of the management and conservation of personal data.  

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