The Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés or CNIL is an independent French administrative authority whose mission is to ensure that data privacy law is applied to the collection, storage, and use of personal data. Created by the http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/texteconsolide/PPEAU.htm law n° 78-17 on 6 january 1978 about computers, files and liberties (data privacy).