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: - 9-

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