Study on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Legal Persons with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data Relating to Such Persons

59 Pages Posted: 24 Oct 2008

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Douwe Korff

Oxford Martin School - Global Cyber Capacity Centre; Eur. Univ. Viadrina - Centre for Internet & Human Rights; Yale University - Information Society Project; London Metropolitan University

Date Written: October 23, 2008

Abstract

This paper contains the report on a study for the European Commission, carried out by the author under a study contract, in 1997. The aims of the study were:

* to examine in detail the current (and, to a lesser extent, the proposed future) situation in the Member States of the EC with regard to the applicability of the Member States' national data protection laws to legal persons;

* to describe and evaluate the risks to the free movement of data within the Internal market resulting from the differences between the national laws in this respect; and

* to make recommendations as to the way in which the provisions of Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data could be extended to the protection of the rights and interests of legal persons.

Keywords: human rights, data protection, rights of legal entities

Suggested Citation

Korff, Douwe, Study on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Legal Persons with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data Relating to Such Persons (October 23, 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1288583 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1288583

Douwe Korff (Contact Author)

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Eur. Univ. Viadrina - Centre for Internet & Human Rights ( email )

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Yale University - Information Society Project ( email )

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London Metropolitan University ( email )

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