Key developments
- In May 1999 enters into force the Treaty of Amsterdam, which integrates a new Article 286 in the Treaty establishing the European Community.
Also this year
- Directive 95/46/EC is implemented in 🇫🇮 Finland by the Personal Data Act (523/1999), which enters into force on 1 June 1999; in 🇦🇹 Austria by the Datenschutzgesetz 2000 (DSG 2000) (Federal Law Gazette, Part I, No 165/1999).
- 🇪🇺 The European Commission publishes Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the Member States, on behalf of the European Community, to approve unanimously the adoption of the recommendation for protection of privacy on the Internet by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, COM (99) 19 final, 12 February 1999.
- The Article 29 Working Party publishes:
- its third annual report (WP35), covering 1998.
- Recommendation 4/99 on the inclusion of the fundamental right to data protection in the European catalogue of fundamental rights (WP 26).
- The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) publishes an Opinion on Ethical Issues of Healthcare in the Information Society (30 July 1999).
Literature
- Allen, Anita L. (1999), ‘Privacy-as-data control: Conceptual, practical, and moral limits of the paradigm‘, Conn. L. Rev. 32, 861-875.
- Banisar, David and Simon Davies (1999), ‘Global Trends in Privacy Protection: An International Survey of Privacy, Data Protection, and Surveillance Laws and Developments’, John Marshall Journal of Computer and Information Law, 18(1) 1-112.
- Bing, Jon (1999), ‘Data protection, jurisdiction and the choice of law‘, 21st International Conference on Privacy and Personal Data Protection. 1999.
- Korff, D. (1999), The feasibility of a seamless system of data protection rules for the European Union, Final Report, European Commission, DG XV – Internal Market and Financial Services, (Study Contract ETD/95/B5-3000/MI/169).
- Reidenberg, Joel R. (1999), ‘Resolving conflicting international data privacy rules in cyberspace‘, Stanford Law Review, 52, 1315-1371.
- Van Hoecke, Mark dnd Jan Dhont (1999), ‘Obstacles and Opportunities for the Harmonisation of Law in Europe: The case of Privacy‘, In Function and Future of European Law, edited by V. Heiskanen, 107–46. Helsinki: Forum Iuris.
- Whitaker, Reg (1999), The End of Privacy: How Total Surveillance Is Becoming a Reality, The New Press.
In the media
- Fitchett, Jospeh, ‘Q & A /David Aaron : Privacy and the Internet:A Trans-Atlantic Fault Line‘, The New York Times, 15 February 1999.
- Lohr, Steve, ‘Internet Companies Set Policies to Help Protect Consumer Privacy‘, The New York Times, 5 November 1999.
Gloria González Fuster 