The Autorité de Protection des Données à caractère Personnel – APDP is responsible for ensuring the protection of personal data and participating in the regulation of the sector,
as such, it :
- Sets standards and purposes for the collection, processing or storage of personal data;
- Gives prior authorization for any data interconnection ;
- Authorize data transfer ;
- Informs and advises data subjects and data controllers of their rights and obligations;
- Ensures that treatments pose no risk to people;
- Receives complaints;
- Controls the regular processing of personal data;
- Imposes administrative sanctions in the event of failure to comply with obligations ;
- Informs the competent public prosecutor of the offences referred to it;
- Makes the Personal Data Processing Directory available to the public;
- Gives its opinion on any draft law or decree relating to personal data;
- Calls on the government to make any necessary amendments to the texts, or to adopt any new texts required for the sound protection of personal data.
