DESTINI BANGSAKU (LEGAL DISCOURSE)

 1.0               The EU Directive covers all sectors of EU Member States economics and grants strong protection to data containing individuals’ personal information. E-Customers are given the right to sue over alleged breaches, and member states have an obligation to form government privacy agencies that will enforce the law and educate the public on privacy . 2.0                 Since October 1998, the European member States have been enacting national privacy statutes to comply with the EU Directive . [1] 3.0               Dissatisfied with the mere implementation of the Directive in the member states, the EU issued Regulation 45/2001 in 2000, creating the European Data Protection Supervisor who is an independent supervisory authority [2] , for the monitoring [3] of applications of ...

1.0               The EU Directive consists of a number of obligations, with which European data controllers must comply when processing personal data . [1] 2.0                 Member State shall provide that personal data must be [2] , firstly, processed fairly and lawfully. 3.0               Secondly, collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a way incompatible with those purposes. 4.0               Further processing of data for historical, statistical or scientific purposes shall not be considered as incompatible provided that Member States provide appropriate safeguards. 5.0               Thirdly, adequate, re...

1.0               Privacy is a constitutional right in all the EU countries, which seek to safeguard personal information about their citizens. 2.0               Each of the EU Member States has its own data protection commissioner, a privacy watchdog. Europe’s enthusiasm for privacy is part of the response to the region’s experiences in World War II. 3.0                 In 1950 the EU Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms was ratified. 4.0               Among other rights it guaranteed European citizens an explicit right to have their private and family life, home and correspondence protected from state interference without a lawful justification. 5.0          ...