CIPP/E Legislative Framework Exam Questions and Answers

Convention 108 was opened by who? The Council of Europe What did the Council of Europe open for Signatories? Convention 108 Failure to respond to the Council's 1973 & 1974 resolutions and the need for reinforcement of the principles found in those resolutions by means of a binding international instrument lead to what? The opening of Convention 108 How many articles and parts does Convention 108 comprise of? 27 Articles and three main parts Why was Convention 108 updated in 2018? To reinforce the data protection principles of Convention 108 and to include additional safeguards to tackle the challenges introduced by new technologies and practices. What was created in 1990 by the European Commission in recognition of differences in emerging data protection legislation amongst EU members states impacting the free flow of data? Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC refers to what? The Data Protection Directive adopted in 1995 What can the Council of Europe do that the EU cannot? Unable to make stand-alone human rights law What is viewed as a human rights law that protects the principles of the internal single market The Directive under Article 1 What is considered a harmonisation measure under the Treaty of Rome's internal market provisions? The Directive Under Convention 108 only Council of Europe member states had this option, and few chose to implement it. The Directive changed this how? By making the processing of manual data held in a filing system subject to the same obligations as processing of personal data by automatic means What can't a processor do under the Regulation? Subcontract a service without prior consent from the controller