Translation of "French Data Protection Authority " (English → French) :

The government also receives powers over the data protection authority that contradict the EU Treaties, which require the independence of national data protection authorities (Articles 16 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union/TFEU, Article 8(3) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights) and the independence of the national central bank (Articles 130 and 127 TFEU, Article 14 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank).

On 5 April 2011, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and the Chairman of the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party(*) hosted the annual Spring Conference of European Data Protection Commissioners in Brussels, involving data protection authorities from EU and non-EU Member States, as well as various authorities at E ...[+++]U level.

National agencies which have already agreed to use the procedure include Austria’s Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Belgium’s Privacy Commission and Federal Public Service Economy – Directorate General Enforcement and Mediation, the Cyprus Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection, the Czech Republic’s Data Protection Authority, the Danish Consumer Ombusdsman, the French data protection authority CNIL the Hellenic Data Protection Authority, Ireland’s Dept. of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, Italy’s Data Protection Authority, Lithuania ...[+++]’s State Data Protection Inspectorate, Malta’s Office of the Commissioner for Data Protection, the Netherlands’ electronic communications regulator (OPTA) and Data Protection Authority (CBP), and the Spanish Data Protection Authority.

For example, in one case the French data protection authority acted together with the Belgian authority to stop a spam operation.

34. Repeats its call for common criteria for data protection in the security domain to be laid down on the basis of the principles identified by the European Council and by the European Conference of Data Protection Authorities and repeats its call for the establishment of a joint authority for data protection as part of judicial and police cooperation, involving national and European authorities in connection ...[+++]with EUROPOL, EUROJUST, SIS and SID; takes the view that that authority should be responsible for checking whether European authorities comply with protection rules and for assisting those authorities with legislative work;

We must move ahead with the creation of this supervisory body – the European Data Protection Authority – in the hope that in the medium term, it will be given new powers including those currently exercised by other supervisory authorities. We also hope that it will create a single secretariat that will ensure that all cases submitted for monitoring are treated in the same way.