CNIL and Cada soon merged into a public service given – Le Figaro

Both commissions will be brought to merge under the Act of digital Axelle Lemaire, centered around Open Data.

The government is considering the merger of the two French managers of data processing fees, the CNIL and Cada, from a Parisian confirmed information Le Figaro by the law Axelle The mayor. If successful, the merger would take place as part of the Digital Act. “Both sides agree,” said a spokeswoman Axelle Lemaire, “and the merger should occur in 2016.” Contacted by Le Figaro , the CNIL does not comment on information. According to the Obs , the communication of the Cada was not aware.

Both created in 1978, the two commissions, for now, very different roles. The CNIL is in charge of the implementation of the “Data Protection” law, as well as EU directives on data protection. It therefore mainly in the private sector. It is she who defends such a right in international oblivion with Google, or who is responsible for supervising the transfer of transatlantic data recently messed by disabling the “Safe Harbor”.

Cada (Commission on Access to Administrative Documents) is in the public sector. When an administration to a citizen refuses access to a document, it may turn to the commission that will decide whether the information sought is divulgable.

The bill carried by Axelle Lemaire, currently public consultation phase on the internet, provides for the creation of a “public service given”, which would materialize in the merger of the two commissions. He also wants to impose the generalization of open data to public institutions. The entirety of the documents produced by the administration must be available, while duly anonymized. The merger of the two bodies could facilitate these procedures, according to the law Axelle Lemaire.