US P.C. definite Apple has cold a mobile phone focus called Jewish or Not Jewish from its online store in France.
The focus authorised users to find out either celebrities and open total were Jewish or not.
Anti-racism organisation SOS Racisme mentioned it was unlawful since French law did not enable the collection of personal information without the individual's consent.
Developer Johann Levy, who is Jewish, mentioned the app was "recreational".
Mr Levy mentioned there was nothing sinister about his application, that is still existing outward France.
"I'm not a orator for all Jews, but as a Jew myself, we know that in the residents we frequently inquire either such and such superstar is Jewish or not," the 35-year-old Franco-British operative told Le Parisien journal on Wednesday.
"For me, there's nothing irreverent about adage that someone is Jewish or not," he said. "On the contrary, it's about being proud."
He mentioned he gathered information about a few 3,500 people listed in his app by using assorted online sources.
French laws enacted after World War II anathema the collection of information about eremite connection without permission. Doing so is punishable by up to 5 years in jail and a excellent of 300,000 euros (260,000).
In June, Apple had to eliminate an Arabic-language focus from its App Store called ThirdIntifada, after Israel mentioned it incited violence.
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