Well, to be honest, for now, he would be in a better position by having just ignored the mail.
In France, an e-mail have no legal value. You can just argue that you never received it. That’s why any legal document must be send via tracked physical mail.
However, it starts to have a value if you somehow admit to have received it. Most of the times it’s by answering, and here it’s because the receiver wrote a public blog post about it.
Also, France doesn’t extradite its citizens. It doesn’t mean that no action is possible but Google will have to sue him in a French court for violating the French laws.
Idk if he can be sued for violating the French law but I myself would totally ignore that e-mail. Maybe you can talk about it to your lawyer I you feel that can escalate but nothing else.
In France, an e-mail have no legal value. You can just argue that you never received it. That’s why any legal document must be send via tracked physical mail.
However, it starts to have a value if you somehow admit to have received it. Most of the times it’s by answering, and here it’s because the receiver wrote a public blog post about it.
Also, France doesn’t extradite its citizens. It doesn’t mean that no action is possible but Google will have to sue him in a French court for violating the French laws.
Idk if he can be sued for violating the French law but I myself would totally ignore that e-mail. Maybe you can talk about it to your lawyer I you feel that can escalate but nothing else.