Pilipenko A.N. France: the Citizens as an Object of Public Control

Abstract: The article deals with the threat to the rights and freedoms of the individual, generated by the scientific and technical progress. One of the many questions that required legislative regulation, was the control of the use of information about an individual, against the abuse of this information. The impact of information on the legal status of the individual becomes obvious to experts, including for lawyers, with the proliferation of computer technology. By the mid 70-ies of the last century, Western countries were faced with the necessity of legislative regulation of issues related to the use of computers in the processing of information about citizens. The adoption of relevant legislation in almost all developed countries, reflecting the desire of the state to gain control of negative processes was caused by scientific and technological progress. The history and development of the French legislation goes in line with the overall goals and objectives faced by foreign legislator in this area. Based on an analysis of French law "on information technology and freedoms," the author concludes that the state does not eliminate the causes of restrictions on rights and freedoms, and only fixes these limits, trying to gain control of the negative consequences of the introduction of modern life in the latest techniques and technologies. In this context, the significant strengthening of the control function of the National Commission on Informatics and Liberties, received in the 2000s considerable powers to investigate violations of the law on personal data. Against the backdrop of the apparent "de-privatization" of human life, the evolution of the right to privacy, the possibilities and the limits of the legislator to protect the right to privacy under electronic control, acquiring total.

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