Open AccessBack to basics: when does EU data protection law apply?
Author(s) -
Lokke Moerel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international data privacy law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.371
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2044-4001
pISSN - 2044-3994
DOI - 10.1093/idpl/ipq009
Subject(s) - directive , legislator , legislature , data protection directive , data protection act 1998 , political science , member states , position (finance) , directive on privacy and electronic communications , swift , interpretation (philosophy) , law , legislative history , general data protection regulation , law and economics , computer science , business , european union law , european union , legislation , economics , international trade , finance , programming language
† Discusses the key concepts of the main default rule for the applicability of EU data protection law, and provides for a uniform interpretation thereof based on the legislative history of the Data Protection Directive. † Discusses the differences in the manner in which the rules on applicability are implemented in the Member States and the resulting divergent interpretations by the national Data Protection Authorities. † Evaluates the present position of the Article 29 Working Party in the SWIFT opinion (which seems contrary to the legislative history of the Directive). † Recommends that the European legislator revise the applicability regime of the Directive.
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