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What did the 1980 OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy
and Transborder Flows of Personal Data do? - correct answer
Lay out basic rules governing trans-border data flows and the
protection of personal information and privacy to facilitate
harmonisation of data protection law between countries.
What was Convention 108 adopted by the council of europe in
1981? - correct answer First binding international instument
to set standards for the protection of individuals' personal data
while seeking a balance to maintain the free flow of personal
data for international trade.
What are the three parts of convention 108? - correct answer
Substantive law provisions in the form of basic principles, special
rules on trans-border flows and mechanisms for mutual
assistance and consultation between the parties.
What is the aim of the Data Protection Directive ? - correct
answer To further reconcile the protection of the fundamental
rights of individuals with the free flow of data from one member
state to another consistent with Art 8, 10 of the ECHR.
What was the 2000 Charter of Fundamental Rights? - correct
answer Charter that further consolidates fundamental rights
applicable within the EU.
, What was the main aim of the Treaty of Lisbon? - correct
answer To strengthen and improve the core structure of the EU
to enable it to function more efficiently.
What is the Council of Europe? - correct answer International
organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of
Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic
development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation.
European Court of Human Rights - correct answer a supra-
national or international court hearing allegations that a
contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights
provisions concerning civil and political rights set out in the
Convention and its protocols
European Parliament - correct answer Body exercising
legislative and budgetary functions.
European Commission - correct answer Body of the European
Union responsible for proposing legislation, implementing
decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and day-to-day running
of the EU.
European Council - correct answer Has no formal legislative
power, it is charged under the Treaty of Lisbon[2] with defining
"the general political directions and priorities" of the Union. It is
thus the Union's strategic (and crisis solving) body, acting as the
collective presidency of the EU.