CIPP E UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Article 12
Answer: The right to a private life and associated freedoms.
●● Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Article 19
Answer: Freedom of expression.
●● Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Article 29(2)
Answer: Rights are not absolute and there are instances where a balance
must be struck.
●● European Convention on Human Rights
Answer: Treaty drawn up by the Council of Europe that protects
fundamental rights. Adopted in 1953 and based on the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
●● European Convention on Human Rights - Enforcement
Answer: Enforced by the European Court of Human Rights
,●● European Convention on Human Rights - Article 8
Answer: Protects rights of individuals
●● European Convention on Human Rights - Article 10
Answer: Protects the right of freedom of expression and the right to
share information and ideas across national boundaries.
●● OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder
Flows of Personal Data (1980)
Answer: Guidelines comprised basic non-legally binding rules
governing transferred flows and the protection of personal information
and privacy in order to facilitate the harmonization of data protection
law between countries.
●● Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with
regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data
Answer: Also known as Convention 108. Was the first legally binding
international instrument in the area of data protection. Convention 108
sets the standard for the protection of the personal data of individuals
while also seeking to find a balance for the need to maintain the free
flow of personal data for the purposes of international trade.
●● Convention 108 v. OECD Guidelines
, Answer: Convention 108 differs from the Guidelines in that it required
signatories to take the necessary steps in their domestic legislation to
apply the principles it lays down.
●● Treaty of Lisbon
Answer: In force in 2009. Aims to strengthen and improve the core
structures of the EU to enable it to function more efficiently and ensures
that all institutions of the EU must have regard to the protection of
individuals when processing personal data.
●● European Parliament
Answer: The only European institution whose members are directly
elected. It has four responsibilities:
1. Legislative development;
2. Supervisory oversight of the other institutions;
3. democratic representation; and
4. Development of the budget.
●● European Council
Answer: The heads of the Member States, together with the president of
the European Commission, meet four times a year to define EU's
priorities and set political direction for the EU.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Article 12
Answer: The right to a private life and associated freedoms.
●● Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Article 19
Answer: Freedom of expression.
●● Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Article 29(2)
Answer: Rights are not absolute and there are instances where a balance
must be struck.
●● European Convention on Human Rights
Answer: Treaty drawn up by the Council of Europe that protects
fundamental rights. Adopted in 1953 and based on the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
●● European Convention on Human Rights - Enforcement
Answer: Enforced by the European Court of Human Rights
,●● European Convention on Human Rights - Article 8
Answer: Protects rights of individuals
●● European Convention on Human Rights - Article 10
Answer: Protects the right of freedom of expression and the right to
share information and ideas across national boundaries.
●● OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder
Flows of Personal Data (1980)
Answer: Guidelines comprised basic non-legally binding rules
governing transferred flows and the protection of personal information
and privacy in order to facilitate the harmonization of data protection
law between countries.
●● Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with
regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data
Answer: Also known as Convention 108. Was the first legally binding
international instrument in the area of data protection. Convention 108
sets the standard for the protection of the personal data of individuals
while also seeking to find a balance for the need to maintain the free
flow of personal data for the purposes of international trade.
●● Convention 108 v. OECD Guidelines
, Answer: Convention 108 differs from the Guidelines in that it required
signatories to take the necessary steps in their domestic legislation to
apply the principles it lays down.
●● Treaty of Lisbon
Answer: In force in 2009. Aims to strengthen and improve the core
structures of the EU to enable it to function more efficiently and ensures
that all institutions of the EU must have regard to the protection of
individuals when processing personal data.
●● European Parliament
Answer: The only European institution whose members are directly
elected. It has four responsibilities:
1. Legislative development;
2. Supervisory oversight of the other institutions;
3. democratic representation; and
4. Development of the budget.
●● European Council
Answer: The heads of the Member States, together with the president of
the European Commission, meet four times a year to define EU's
priorities and set political direction for the EU.
