to be non-compliant with the law, and also report them to the Parquet. 300 nominal information systems registered daily. 8,000 phone calls handled each month. 4,000 claims or requests for information received each year. Regulation The main principles for regulation of personal data processing are as follows (non-exhaustive list): all illegal means of data collection are forbidden; the purpose of the data files must be explicitly stated; people registered in files must be informed of their rights, for example, for rectification and deletion of data on demand; finally, no decision about an individual can be decided by a computer. The archival of sensitive information can result in a five-year prison term and a €300,000 fine. European and international contexts Germany in 1971, Sweden in 1973, and France in 1978 were the first three States to vote for a "Computers and Liberty" law; these work with an independent control authority. International, economic, and political structures have been created or assigned to apply CNIL directives. Amongst these are the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1980, the Council of Europe in 1981 and the United Nations (UN) in 1990. In 1995, the European Commission voted through a directive in this manner. As of 2004, 25 countries have applied this directive. Criticisms The CNIL is the target of various criticisms, alleging its lack of action and tendency to support governmental legislation, forgetting its original aims of protecting data privacy and citizens' rights. It is regularly criticised for its lack of administering proper sanctions to data privacy violations. It was criticized, for instance, for having authorized "ethnic statistics", forbidden in official demographic statistics. The CNIL has been criticized for attempting to enforce right to be forgotten rulings on search results globally. In 2016, Google appealed a CNIL right to be forgotten ruling on the grounds that it could set a precedent for abuse by "less open and democratic" governments. See also French national identity card General Data Protection Regulation Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication Notes and references External links Official website La CNIL Detailed analysis of each of the CNIL's powers Data protection authorities Government databases in France Privacy in France