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Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr said the application violated local laws, so it was removed from the App Store French. It is still available outside France, however, and currently sells for U.S. $ 1.99 through the Apple App Store.Under the French criminal code, storing personal data such as race, sexuality, political orientation or religion is punishable by imprisonment for five years and fines of up to euro300, 000 ($ 411,870).These laws were enacted in the decades following the Holocaust, which saw about 76,000 Jews deported from occupied France to concentration camps. Less than 3,000 returned alive.In a statement, SOS Racism called on Apple in Cupertino, Calif., to remove the application from your online store and be more vigilant about selling applications.In an interview published Wednesday in the daily Le Parisien, Johann application developer Levy said he developed the application to be "recreational"."I am not a spokesman for all Jews, but as a Jew I know that in our community often ask us if a celebrity as he is Jewish or not," Levy, 35 Franco-British Jewish engineer, is quoted as saying."For me, there is nothing derogatory to say that someone is Jewish or not," he said. "On the contrary, it's about being proud."He said he gathered information about famous people around the world from various online sources.The developers that offer applications through Apple's App Store is responsible for ensuring that their applications are in line with local laws.Apple has removed many applications from the App Store since its launch in mid 2008 for violating the restrictions imposed by the thousands of developers. In June, he avoided an application called "ThirdIntifada" after complaints that glorifies violence against Israel. Apple said it violated standards of development to be offensive to large groups of people.
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