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They do have contact info in the "about us" section, and also as a signature at the bottom of each email.

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:54xhOU...

"Please contact us on Twitter / Facebook" is not a receivable contact information.

There's a signature that leads to contact info at the bottom of each email.

That doesn't cut it, law enforcement is not going to send emails to figure out how to send them emails.

FYI: A website is required by (French) law to have legal mentions including the company name, address, director, company registration number...

LE does in fact follow the link and use the contacts there 99.999% of the time. The site has been running fine on OVH for nearly 5 years without problem.

It is not hosted in France or in Europe, it is also not a French company.

It was hosted in Canada on space owned by a Canadian company.

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