f)
receive claims, petil'lons, and complaints relating to processing of
personal data and inform plaintiffs of action taken on such matters;
g)
immediately inform the judicial authority of certain types of offences of
which rt may gain knowledge;
h)
carry out verifications of any processing of personal data, using sworn
officials;
i)
impose administrative and financial sanctions on data controller1l;
j)
update a register of personal data processing and make it available to
the public;
k)
advise individuals and bodies who process personal data or who carry
out trials and experiments;
I)
authorize transborder transfers of personal data;
ml
make suggestions as to the simplification and improvement of the
legislative and regulatory framework governing data processing:
n)
set up mechanisms for cooperation with personal data protection
authorrties of third countnes;
0)
participate in international negotiations concerning the protection of
personal data;
p)
draft an activrty report according to a well defined schedule, for
submission to the President of the Republic or the Speaker of the
National Assembly, the Prime Minister, or the Minister of Justice:
q)
In compliance with the provisions in force in the ECOWAS Member
States, sworn agents may be called upon to participate in carrying
out verification missions.
2) The data protection Authority may lssue the following notices:
al a warning to a data controller who does not comply with the
obligations enshrined in this Supplementary Act;
b) A formal demand to desist from the violations WIthin a time
stipulated by the Authority.
3) In case of emergency, when processing and use of personal data leads
to:
a
violation of rights and liberties, the Data Protection Authority,
hearing inter paries, may decide:
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