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Sixteenth Report of the Article 29 Working Party on Data Protection Sixteenth Report of the Article 29 Working Party on Data Protection Covering the year 2012 Sixteenth Report of the Article 29 Working Party on Data Protection Table of Contents INTRODUCTION BY THE CHAIRMAN ................................................................................................................................................. 1 ISSUES ADDRESSED BY THE ARTICLE 29 DATA PROTECTION WORKING PARTY ........................................................ 2 1.1. Transfer of data to third countries ..................................................................................................................... 3 1.1.1Adequacy ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1.2 Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) ......................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Electronic communications, internet and new technologies ................................................................... 4 1.3 Revision of the data protection legal framework ......................................................................................... 8 1.4. Personal data ............................................................................................................................................................. 11 1.4.1 epSOS ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 1.4.2 Developments in biometric technologies ................................................................................. 12 MAIN DEVELOPMENTS IN MEMBER STATES ............................................................................................................................. 14 Austria .................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Belgium .................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Bulgaria.................................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Cyprus .................................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Czech Republic ................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Denmark ................................................................................................................................................................................ 35 Estonia .................................................................................................................................................................................. 38 Finland .................................................................................................................................................................................. 39 France .................................................................................................................................................................................. 42 Germany ................................................................................................................................................................................ 52 Greece .................................................................................................................................................................................. 56 Hungary ................................................................................................................................................................................. 60 Ireland .................................................................................................................................................................................. 65 Italy .................................................................................................................................................................................. 67 Latvia .................................................................................................................................................................................. 72 Lithuania ............................................................................................................................................................................... 76 Luxembourg ......................................................................................................................................................................... 79 Malta .................................................................................................................................................................................. 82 Netherlands ......................................................................................................................................................................... 85 Poland .................................................................................................................................................................................. 88 Portugal ................................................................................................................................................................................. 94 Sixteenth Report of the Article 29 Working Party on Data Protection Romania ................................................................................................................................................................................ 96 Slovakia .............................................................................................................................................................................. 100 Slovenia .............................................................................................................................................................................. 105 Spain ............................................................................................................................................................................... 111 Sweden ............................................................................................................................................................................... 115 United kingdom ............................................................................................................................................................... 117 EUROPEAN UNION AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................... 122 3.1. European Commission ........................................................................................................................................ 123 3.2 European Court of Justice.................................................................................................................................. 121 3.3. European Data Protection Supervisor ......................................................................................................... 130 PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS IN EEA COUNTRIES ................................................................................................................. 134 Iceland ............................................................................................................................................................................... 135 Liechtenstein .................................................................................................................................................................... 138 Norway ............................................................................................................................................................................... 140 MEMBERS AND OBSERVERS OF THE ARTICLE 29 DATA PROTECTION WP .............................................................. 143 Members of the Art. 29 Data Protection WP in 2012 .................................................................................. 144 Observers of the Art. 29 Data Protection WP in 2012 ................................................................................