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Deconstructing the privacy 'macaron' - an overview of the EU data protection framework
Practice Area: Confidentiality
Sector: Business services
Jurisdiction: European Union
Published: 12 December 2011
Law Firm: Field Fisher Waterhouse
Overview
At the end of November 2011, the IAPP European Data Protection Congress unveiled the forthcoming EU data protection framework. Comparing the legislation to a French macaron, this briefing from Field Fisher Waterhouse looks at the likely ingredients of this elaborate piece of legislation and how will they blend together. Areas covered include:
- Regulation
- Two-fold objective
- Applicability based on establishment and targeting of European residents
- Privacy principles
- Consent
- Big rights
- Controller's responsibilities
- Data breach notification
- International data transfers
- Role of data protection authorities
- Enforcement powers
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