[Privsec] EU Privacy Working Party consultations on IPR, CCTV, RFID; document on corporate rules

[Ralf Bendrath]

Deadline is March 31st.

<http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/privacy/workingroup/consultations/consultation_en.htm>

Online consultations

1. Data protection issues related to intellectual property rights

The Working Party 29 has adopted a working document on data protection
issues related to intellectual property rights (Working Document 104)
adopted on January 18th, 2005.

The working document recalls the application of the main data protection
principles contained in the data protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC)
in the following two scenarios: First, in the deployment of on-line
services using the so-called digital management of rights systems (?DRMs?).
Second, in the processing of personal data to conduct investigations of
users suspected of copyright infringement.

The Working Party wishes to give interested parties the opportunity to
submit their comments to the Working Document 104 and to this end it has
launched this public consultation until March 31st, 2005. The comments
received by then will be posted on the present website unless a specific
request not to do so is mentioned by the respondent.

The comments should be sent by e-mail to the following address:
markt-privacy-consultations at cec.eu.int.

2. Data protection issues related to RFID technology

On January 19th, the Working Party 29 adopted a Working Document on data
protection issues related to RFID technology (Working document 105).

After outlining the potential use of RFID technology in various sectors,
the Working Document recalls the need to comply with the basic principles
set out in the EC data protection Directives (Directive 95/46/EC and
Directive 2002/58EC) whenever personal data is collected using RFID
technology. The paper also provides guidance to manufacturers of the
technology (RFID tags, readers and applications) as well as RFID
standardization bodies on their responsibility towards designing privacy
compliant technology in order to enable deployers of the technology to
carry out their obligations under the data protection Directive.

The Working Party wishes to give interested parties the opportunity to
submit their comments to the Working Document 105 and to this end it has
launched this public consultation until March 31st, 2005. The comments
received by then will be posted on the present website unless a specific
request not to do so is mentioned by the respondent.

The comments should be sent by e-mail to the following address:
markt-privacy-consultations at cec.eu.int.

3. Videosurveillance

Within the past few years a multiplication of videosurveillance systems has
been observed. This has raised a lively debate in order to identify the
conditions and limitations that should apply to the installation and to the
implementation of this kind of system as well as the necessary safeguards
for data subjects.

Starting from the existence of a variety of different legal situations in
the Member States the present working document is meant to provide an
initial analysis regarding the application of Directive 95/46/EC. It has
been drafted by the group established by Art. 29 of Directive 95/46/EC
relating to the protection of personal data. This group is composed of
European Data Protection Commissioners.

The public consultation aims to collect the opinion of interest groups on
this subject. As a next step the group of European Data Protection
Commissioners will possibly adopt a recommendation on this question.

Working Document on the Processing of Personal Data by means of Video
Surveillance
PDFCastellanoDanskDeutschEllinikaEnglishFran?isItalianoNederlandsPortugu?SuomiSvenska

Please send your comments or position papers on this subject before 31 May
2003 either by post to:
Secretariat of the Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party
European Commission
DG Internal Market - E4
C-100 6/39
B - 1049 Brussels

or by e-mail

The results of this consultation will be published on our website.

4. Binding corporate rules

Official summary of the public hearing on internal codes of conduct for
multinationals drafted by the Dutch Data Protection Authority
PDF 12KBEnglish

Working Document: Transfers of personal data to third countries: Applying
Article 26(2) of the EU Data Protection Directive to Binding Corporate
Rules for International Data Transfers.
PDF 210KBDeutschEnglishFran?is

Summary of the contributions received so far to the consultation