Socialist party presidential candidate Martine Aubry has said that she'd like to see the data protection authority (CNIL) transformed into a national commission for data protection and freedom of speech with enhanced powers, reports Telecompaper. Meanwhile, Socialist deputy Christian Paul has said that copyright enforcement agency HADOPI's budget should be transferred to CNIL. The announcements come after a breach that occurred when a subcontractor exposed lists of IP addresses belonging to Internet users who were found to be illegally downloading copyrighted materials.
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