The counter-terrorism act 2008 which further increased the powers of the police investigating terrorist threats, allowed the fingerprinting and taking of dna samples from individuals subject to control orders introduced by earlier anti-terrorist legislation and allowed this information to be shared with the national police database.

2008 allowed this imformation to be shared with everyone

Currently, as of february 2016, an american traveling in france would be by the exchange rate. the weakness of the euro and the strength of the us dollar means that items in france cost less to an american than they otherwise would. of course, if this trend reverses and the us dollar weakens and the euro strengthens, such as was happening in early 2008, an american traveling in france would have an adverse experience because items would cost relatively more.