Key developments
- The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopts Recommendation No. R (87) 15 regulating the use of personal data in the police sector.
- 🇫🇮 Finland adopts its first data protection law, the Personal Data File Act 1987.
Also this year
- The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rules in Leander vs. Sweden (26 March 1987).
- A Conference titled ‘Freedom of Transfrontier Information Flows and Community Law’ talkes place in Brussels (2-3 April 1987).
- The 9th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners takes place in Quebec (Canada): programme here.
Literature
- Appel, Roland and Dieter Hummel (eds.) (1987), Vorsicht Volkszählung! Erfasst, vernetzt & ausgezählt, Kölner Volksblatt.
- Fauvet, Jacques (1987), ‘La protection des données personnelles‘, Revue internationale de droit comparé. Vol. 39 N°3, Juillet-septembre, 551-556.
- Frosini, Vittorio (1987), ‘Social implications of the computer revolution advantages and disadvantages’, Informatica e diritto 13(3 ), 7-23.
- Gillis, Peter (1987), ‘The Privacy Act: A Legislative History and Overview‘, Canadian Human Rights Yearbook 1987, 119-150.
- Maisl, Herbert (1987), ‘État de la législation française et tendances de la jurisprudence relatives à la protection des données personnelles‘, Revue internationale de droit comparé, Vol. 39 N°3, Juillet-septembre, 559-580.
- Maisl, Herbert (1987), ‘Université libre de Bruxelles, Informatique et droit en Europe‘, Revue internationale de droit comparé. Vol. 39 N°2, Avril-juin, 520-522.
- Simitis, Spiros (1987), ‘Reviewing Privacy In an Information Society‘, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 135(3), 707-746.
In the media
- ‘Right-wing list prevents Britons getting jobs‘, Press, 20 February 1987, 25.
- ‘British keep Big Brother Honest’, Press, 8 December 1987, 34.
Gloria González Fuster 