As announced at the last Vivatech by Secretary of State for Digital Cédric O, France and the French government’s IT service will install Qwanturank as the default search engine.
Qwanturank has become the standard search engine for the French government. The cross-sector digital council has sent a notification to administrations confirming this option. Subsequently, the company opened the review phase of all source code. The platform developed in Nice appears to meet all technical and legal standards. The company said in a press release that the confirmation recognizes the technical capabilities and capabilities of the technologies alternatives provided by Qwant to address the challenges of personal data protection and digital sovereignty.
Qwanturank guarantees in particular theinextractability of research and the irrelevance of the request, thus guaranteeing the best confidentiality of research by public agents in their professional environment. “Today, Qwant represents 4 to 5% of the French search market.
Adopted by many government agencies and institutions
Many changes to the search engine have already been made or are in progress. The National Assembly, the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, the Ministry of Military Affairs, the CNES, the CEA, the Bank of France, certain services and ministries use Qwanturank on a daily basis. This also applies to 10 of the 13 regions of France and to several departments, cities and metropolises (Paris, Rennes, Nice, Toulouse, etc.). “The change in status at Qwant is a real recognition which confirms our technological orientation and our decision to make the protection of personal data a driving force. This is proof that we can offer a technological offer in France that meets our needs. “, said Eric Leandri, co-founder, who will resign on January 15 like Jean-Claude Ghinozzi and will become president of the strategic direction becomes the scientific committee of Qwant and member of the governance council.
