Key developments
- 🇪🇺 The Treaty of Lisbon enters into force on 1 December 2009, giving legally binding force to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (EU) and inscribing in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union an article on personal data protection (Art. 16).
Also this year
- 🇪🇺 The European Parliament and the Council adopt Directive 2009/136/EC of 25 November 2009 amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services, Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws, OJ L 337, 18.12.2009, 11–36.
- The Article 29 Working Party publishes its 12th annual report, covering 2008.
Also this year
- ⚖️ The Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) decides in Ireland v Parliament and Council (C‑301/06), on 10 February 2009, and in Rijkeboer, (C‑553/07), on 7 May 2009.
- ⚖️ The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decides in Haralambie v Romania, on 27 October 2009.
- 🇨🇦 In August 2009, Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario publishes Privacy by Design: The 7 Foundational Principles (revised in 2011).
- The 30th International Conference of Data Protection and #Privacy Commissioners adopts a proposal for International Standards on the Protection of Personal Data and Privacy, known as the ‘The Madrid Resolution‘, on 5 November 2009.
Literature
- Cerrillo i Martínez, Agustí et al. (2009), La protección de datos en la administración electrónica, Aranzadi.
- De Busser, Els (2009), Data protection in EU and US criminal cooperation: A substantive law approach to the EU internal and transatlantic cooperation in criminal matters between judicial and law enforcement authorities, Maklu.
- Dente, Bruno, Nicola Lugaresi and Maria Stella Righettini (eds.), La politica della privacy tra tutele dei diritti e garanzia dei sistemi, Passigli Editori.
- Elgsaas K., Hegna H. (2009), ‘The Development of Computer Policies in Government, Political Parties, and Trade Unions in Norway 1961–1983′, in: Impagliazzo J., Järvi T., Paju P. (eds.) History of Nordic Computing 2. HiNC 2007. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
- Gutwirth, Serge, Yves Poullet, Paul De Hert, Cécile de Terwangne and Sjaak Nouwt (eds.) (2009), Reinventing data protection?, Springer.
- Hornung, Gerrit, and Christoph Schnabel (2009), ‘Data protection in Germany I: The population census decision and the right to informational self-determination‘, Computer Law & Security Review 25(1), 84-88.
- Hornung, Gerrit, and Christoph Schnabel (2009), ‘Data protection in Germany II: Recent decisions on online-searching of computers, automatic number plate recognition and data retention‘, Computer Law & Security Review 25(2), 115-122.
- Kloepfer, Michael, and Florian Schärdel (2009), ‘Grundrechte für die Informationsgesellschaft — Datenschutz und Informationszugangsfreiheit ins Grundgesetz?‘, JuristenZeitung, 453-462.
- Lane, Frederick S. (2009), American Privacy: The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right, Beacon Press.
- Murillo de la Cueva, Pablo Lucas and José Luis Piñar Mañas (2009), El derecho a laautodeterminación informativa, Fundación Coloquio Jurídico Europeo.
- Robinson, Neil et al. (2009), Review of the European Data Protection Directive, RAND Technical Report.
- Rule, James B. (2009), Privacy in Peril: How We Are Sacrificing a Fundamental Right in Exchange for Security and Convenience, Oxford University Press.
- Söderlind, Åsa (2009), Personlig integritet som informationspolitik – debatt och diskussion i samband med tillkomsten av Datalag (1973:289).
In the media
- Prantl, Heribert, ‘Datenschutz muss auch im Internet greifen: Der Rechtsexperte Spiros Simitis uber massenhaften Missbrauch von Informationen, mangelhafte Gesetze und unverantwortliche Unternehmen‘, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 27 February 2009.
Music
- 🎵 Yo La Tengo, ‘Nothing to hide’ (from Popular Songs, Matador).
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