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Evropská reforma ochrany osobních údajů
The European reform of personal data protection

Author(s): Alžběta Krausová
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: personal data; privacy; General Data Protection Regulation; data protection officer;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to introduce the main points of the European Commission’s proposal of General Data Protection Regulation and to briefly evaluate this proposal. The Regulation represents a fundamental revision of the whole legal framework and shall significantly influence national legislation of Member States. Individual chapters will clarify the rationale of the proposed reform, new rights of the data subjects, a catalogue of controllers obligations, a new institute of the data protection officer and finally duties of the Member States and organizational structure in the European Union.

  • Issue Year: 3/2012
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 3-9
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Czech