Privacy issues in the Internet Age have ballooned: in 2006, the CNIL rendered just 60 rulings on data-protection appeals from the public; Last year, that figure had soared to 1,800, Falque-Pierrotin said.
French official: Europe must defend privacy rights →
Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin said the EU Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, should defend data privacy rights amid "strong" pressure from U.S. officials to get access information about European citizens for security reasons.