👉 French Justice Ministry report threatens to severely restrict OSINT capabilities by limiting public access to judicial decisions currently available through open data since 2019. According to the report delivered to Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin, proposed changes would systematically occult company names, addresses, and "any element whose disclosure might harm industrial or commercial secrets" from publicly accessible court decisions. The intelligence implications are significant: 📍 "Social denominations of companies mentioned in decisions" would be redacted 📍 "Addresses and localities, dates relative to personal status" would be occultated 📍 Access to complete datasets limited to "professional users through conventions with the Court of Cassation" This represents a fundamental shift from open-source intelligence accessibility to a gatekeepered system where comprehensive judicial data would only be available through paid professional agreements. The changes would eliminate a critical OSINT resource for tracking corporate legal proceedings, sanctions, and enforcement actions across French jurisdictions - data currently essential for due diligence, threat intelligence, and investigative research. French judicial open data has been a valuable source for OSINT practitioners since implementation began in 2019. Source: next.ink/192576/lopen-data-d…