Título de la Revista: ANNUAL REPORT - EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION SUPERVISOR
Año........................:2008
Número..................:3
Volumen................: 0
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User’s guide 7
Mission statement 9
Foreword 11
1. Balance and perspectives 13
1.1. General overview of 2008 13
1.2. Results in 2008 15
1.3. Objectives in 2009 16
2. Supervision 17
2.1. Introduction 17
2.2. Data protection officers 17
2.3. Prior checks 19
2.3.1. Legal base 19
2.3.2. Procedure 19
2.3.3. Quantitative analysis 21
2.3.4. Main issues in ex post prior-check cases 25
2.3.5. Main issues in proper prior checks 31
2.3.6. Consultations on need for prior checking 34
2.3.7. Notifications not subject to prior checking or withdrawn 35
2.3.8. Follow-up of prior-check opinions 36
2.3.9. Conclusions and the future 37
2.4. Complaints 37
2.4.1. Introduction 37
2.4.2. Cases declared admissible 38
2.4.3. Cases not admissible: main reasons for inadmissibility 42
2.4.4. Collaboration with the European Ombudsman 43
2.4.5. Further work in the field of complaints 44
2.5. Inspection policy 44
2.5.1. Spring 2007 and beyond 44
2.5.2. Inspections 45
2.6. Administrative measures 48
2.6.1. New model of the medical certificate 48
2.6.2. Access to documents 48
2.6.3. Special categories of data: applicable law 49
2.6.4. Request from a court for a copy of the full medical file of an official 49
2.6.5. Retention of data-related disciplinary penalties 50
2.6.6. Implementing rules of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 51
2.6.7. Complaints handled by the European Ombudsman 51
2.7. Video-surveillance 51
2.7.1. Guidelines 51
2.7.2. Prior checking 52
2.7.3. Complaint 52
2.7.4. Other requests 53
2.8. Eurodac 53
3. Consultation 54
3.1. Introduction 54
3.2. Policy framework and priorities 55
3.2.1. Implementation of consultation policy 55
3.2.2. Inventory 2008 56
3.2.3. Inventory 2009 57
3.3. Legislative opinions 58
3.3.1. General remarks 58
3.3.2. Individual opinions 59
3.4. Comments 65
3.5. Court interventions 66
3.6. Other activities 67
3.6.1. E-privacy 67
3.6.2. PNR 68
3.6.3. Implementation SIS and border policy 68
3.6.4. Conference on data protection and law enforcement (Trier) 68
3.6.5. EU RTD 69
3.6.6. Google / DoubleClick Merger and data protection issues 70
3.6.7. Participation in expert groups 71
3.6.8. Maritime accidents 71
3.6.9. Communicable diseases 72
3.6.10. The Community Customs Code and the Economic Operators and Registration number (the EORI number) 72
3.7. New developments 72
3.7.1. Interaction with technology 72
3.7.2. New developments in policy and legislation 75
4. Cooperation 77
4.1. Article 29 Working Party 77
4.2. Council Working Party on Data Protection 78
4.3. Coordinated supervision of Eurodac 79
4.4. Third pillar 80
4.5. European conference 81
4.6. International conference 81
4.7. London initiative 82
4.8. International organisations 83
5. Communication 84
5.1. Introduction 84
5.2. Communication ‘features’ 85
5.3. Speeches 86
5.4. Media relations 89
5.5. Requests for information 90
5.6. Study visits 91
5.7. Online information tools 91
5.8. Publications 92
5.9. Awareness-raising events 93
5.10. Priorities for 2009 94
6. Administration, budget and staff 95
6.1. Introduction 95
6.2. Budget 95
6.3. Human resources 96
6.3.1. Recruitment 96
6.3.2. Traineeship programme 96
6.3.3. Programme for seconded national experts 97
6.3.4. Organisation chart 97
6.3.5. Social dialogue 97
6.3.6. Training 97
6.3.7. Social activities 98
6.3.8. Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Communities. 98
6.4. Control functions 98
6.4.1. Internal control 98
6.4.2. Internal audit 99
6.4.3. Security 99
6.4.4. Data Protection Officer 99
6.5. Infrastructure 99
6.6. Administrative environment 99
6.6.1. Administrative assistance and inter-institutional cooperation 99
6.6.2. Internal rules 100
6.6.3. Document management 101
6.7. Objectives for 2009 101
Annex A — Legal framework 103
Annex B — Extract from Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 105
Annex C — List of abbreviations 107
Annex D — List of data protection officers (DPOs) 109
Annex E — Prior checking handling time per case and per institution 111
Annex F — List of prior-check opinions 115
Annex G — List of opinions on legislative proposals 123
Annex H — Composition of the EDPS’s Secretariat 125
Annex I — List of administrative agreements and decisions 127
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