Key developments
- 🇪🇺 The ‘Data Protection Directive’ is adopted: Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, 31–50. See a compilation of documents leading to Directive 95/46/EC here.
Also this year
- 🇪🇺 The European Commission publishes:
- Opinion of the Commission pursuant to Article 189 b (2) (d) of the EC Treaty, on the European Parliament’ s amendments to the Council’ s common position regarding the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, COM(95)0375 final COD287, 18.07.1995.
- 🇪🇺 At the European Parliament:
- Recommendation on Second Reading on the common position established by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (C4-0051/95 – 00/0287(COD)), Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens’ Rights, Rapporteur: Mr Manuel Medina Ortega, 24 May 1995.
- 🇫🇮 In Finland, the Constitution incorporates a set of basic rights, establishing that: ‘The private life, honour and home of every person shall be secured. More detailed provisions on the protection of personal data shall be prescribed by Act of Parliament’.
Literature
- Alderman, Ellen and Caroline Kennedy (1995), The Right to Privacy, Alfred A. Knopf.
- Cate, Fred H. (1995), ‘The EU Data Protection Directive, Information Privacy, and the Public Interest‘, Iowa Law Review 80(3 ), 431-444.
- Fleischmann, Amy (1995), ‘Personal Data Security: Divergent Standards in the European Union and the United States‘, Fordham International Law Journal 19(1), 143-180
- Hartmann, Charles J. (1995), ‘The Emergence of a Statutory Right to Privacy Tort in England’, Tolley’s Journal of Media Law and Practice 16(1), 10-20.
- Regan, Priscilla M. (1995), Legislating privacy: Technology, social values, and public policy, University of North Carolina Press.
- Simitis, Spiros (1995), ‘From the Market to the Polis: The EU Directive on the Protection of Personal Data‘, Iowa Law Review 80(3), 445-470.
- Vassilaki, Irini (1995), ‘The level and extent of data protection in Europe‘, Computer Law & Security Review, 11(5), 262-268.
Gloria González Fuster 