« Association Française des Correspondants à la Protection des Données à Caractère Personnel (AFCDP) »

Creation

English AFCDP presentation

The AFCDP was created in 2004, following passage of the French Data Protection Act of 6 August 2004 which created the position of Data Protection Correspondent (“CIL”) for public and private sector organizations.

Objectives

The main objectives of the AFCDP are to :
 promote discussion of CIL status and tasks, encourage dialogue between business and the public sector concerning any issue relevant to CIL status and tasks,

 participate in all initiatives at national, European and international levels, relevant to CIL status and tasks, and equivalent positions as defined in foreign regulations (AFCDP did established Sister Relationship with IAPP beginning of 2009),

 implement a service to alert members to technological, legal and managerial developments relevant to CIL status and tasks,

 inform citizens and organizations about the existence of the CIL and to raise their awareness of CIL status and tasks

 develop relationships with the French National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) and other European and French authorities that oversee the protection of personal data,

 draft documents relating to the purpose of the Association and to make recommendations and/or provide opinions to public authorities and data protection stakeholders,

 promote and develop relationships with universities and schools,

 encourage exchange among members in order to identify and promote best professional practices,

 defend the interests of the profession and function to the public sector :

The Association seeks to achieve its objectives through :
 conferences, seminars and other events,
 publications,
 drafting and disseminating template documents, memos, analysis…
 organizing discussion committees and work groups
 a website providing information on the Association’s activities and work, its approach, viewpoint and guidance

Organization

The Association is administered by a 15-member board of directors, elected from the membership at the Annual General Assembly.

Currently active Board members are :
 Président : Paul-Olivier GIBERT, AG2R La Mondiale, CIL
 Délégué général : Bruno RASLE, Halte au Spam
 Secrétaire générale : Claire LEVALLOIS-BARTH, Telecom ParisTech
 Trésorier : Martine RICOUART-MAILLET, BRM Avocats
 Vice-président : Xavier LECLERC, Notariat, CIL
 Vice-président d’honneur : Alain BENSOUSSAN
 Vice-président d’honneur : Arnaud BELLEIL
 Administrateur : Denis BEAUTIER, ISEP
 Administrateur : Patrick BLUM, Essec, CIL
 Administrateur : Laurent CELLIER, Deveryware, CIL
 Administrateur : Dominique CHAUMET, RATP, CIL
 Administrateur : Marc DOLO, Casino, CIL
 Administrateur : Pascale GELLY, Cabinet Gelly
 Administrateur : Hélène LEGRAS, Areva, CIL
 Administrateur : Catherine LEVERRIER, Groupama, CIL
 Administrateur : Hervé JOSSE, La Poste, CIL
 Administrateur : Jean-Pierre REMY, Banque de France, CIL

All Board members serve four-year terms.

"The Evolving Data Privacy Officer Role in Europe : A More Harmonized Approach Is Emerging" - Paul-Olivier Gibert’s interview (Nimity, July 2011)

Membership

 Number of members : over 450 (May. 2011), including > 200 CIL.
 2011 membership fees are as follows : individuals : 100€ organizations : 450€ (for five representatives) group : 1.200 € (for fifteen representatives)

 Organizational members include : SFR (mobile phone operator), La Halde (antidiscrimination authority), IBM France, SNCF (French Railroad company), RATP (Paris Metro) FEVAD (remote selling association), AGF, AXA, Swisslife and MMA (insurance companies), numerous Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Compuware, French National Post, Randstad and Adecco (recruitment), BP France, BT France, Accor, Areva, Legrand, Bristol Myers Squibb, Paris City Council, Lyon City Council, Marseille Harbor, Olympique de Marseille, American Hospital of Paris, Bordeaux Hospital, Bull, Microsoft France, Michelin, General Electric, Groupe Casino, Carrefour, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, CNRS, Euronext, Totota France Financement, EDF, Lilly France, Renault Trucks, Sanofi-Aventis, Technip, INRA, Curie Institute, etc.

Activities

Monthly meeting/lunches (by geographical region) : Paris, North, Lyon, Marseille, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Rennes …

Once a year :
 A “University day” taking place in Paris
 A one day Conference “Assises des Correspondants Informatique et Libertés”
 A General Assembly

Working groups Working groups are currently dedicated to the following topics : :
 Mission and role of the CIL
 Training
 Cybersurveillance
 The CIL Charter
 Referentials and Labels
 Investigation procedure of the French National Data Protection Commission
 CIL for groups of companies
 Annual report of the CIL
 CRM
 International topics
 Health and Social Issues
 Insurance
 Data Breach Notification
 Social Network compliance

Regular Newsletter (primarily French focus)

Website.

Our website aims to provide membership with practical information about CIL and data protection law
 summary of court cases
 list of theses
 list of publications
 useful links

Partneship

AFCDP is one of the co-founder of CEDPO (Confederation of European Data Protection Organizations), with GDD (Germany), NGFG (Netherlands) and APEP (Spain).

Purposes of CEDPO :

Initiating and maintaining communications with European institutions in order to
 promote the role of data protection officers , with the objective of speaking with one voice
 promote reasonable, practicable, balanced and effective data protection
 Exchange information between national associations on the general operations of a data protection associations
 Exchange of views between national associations on the role, status and resources of data protection officials
 Facilitate interaction between members of the national associations

AFCDP has strong partnership with
 IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals)
 GDD (German association of Privacy Professionnals)

Relationship with CNIL (National Data Protection Authority)

 regular meetings between the Presidents of CNIL and AFCDP
 regular meetings between the CNIL Correspondants’ Office and AFCDP representatives
 CNIL President as keynote speaker at each AFCDP Annual Conference “Assises des Correspondants Informatique et Libertés“

Thanks to Pascale GELLY and Susan VAILLANT for this text.

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