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| Data Protection | ||
| Compilation of Council of Europe texts | ||
| Council of Europe treaties | ||
| Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data | ETS No.108, 28 January 1981 (Entry into force: 1.10.1985) and Explanatory Report | |
| Amendment to Convention ETS No.108 allowing the European Communities to accede | Adopted 15 June 1999 (Entry into force: after acceptation by all Parties) and Explanatory Memorandum | |
| Additional Protocol to Convention ETS No.108 on Supervisory Authorities and Transborder Data Flows | ETS No. 181 (Opened for signature on 8 November 2001) and Explanatory Report | |
| Recommendations and Resolutions of the Committee of Ministers | ||
| Recommendations |
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| Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)4 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the protection of human rights with regard to social networking services | ||
| Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)3 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the protection of human rights with regard to search engines | ||
| Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)13 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data in the context of profiling (23 November 2010) | Explanatory memorandum | |
| Recommendation No.R(2002) 9 on the protection of personal data collected and processed for insurance purposes (18 September 2002) | Explanatory memorandum | |
| Recommendation No.R(99) 5 for the protection of privacy on the Internet (23 February 1999) | ||
| Recommendation No.R(97) 18 on the protection of personal data collected and processed for statistical purposes (30 September 1997) | Explanatory memorandum | |
| Recommendation No.R(97) 5 on the protection of medical data (13 February 1997) | Explanatory memorandum | |
| Recommendation No.R(95) 4 on the protection of personal data in the area of telecommunication services, with particular reference to telephone services (7 February 1995) | Explanatory memorandum | |
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Recommendation No.R(91) 10 on the communication to third parties of
personal data held by public bodies (9 September 1991) |
Explanatory memorandum | |
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Recommendation No.R(90) 19 on the protection of personal data used
for payment and other operations (13 September 1990) |
Explanatory memorandum | |
| Recommendation No.R(89) 2 on the protection of personal data used for employment purposes (18 January 1989) | Explanatory memorandum | |
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Recommendation No.R(87) 15 regulating the use of personal data in
the police sector (17 September 1987) |
Evaluation reports First report (1994) Second report (1998) Third report (2002) |
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| Recommendation No.R(86) 1 on the protection of personal data for social security purposes (23 January 1986) | Explanatory memorandum | |
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Recommendation No.R(85) 20 on the protection of personal data used
for the purposes of direct marketing (25 October 1985) |
Explanatory memorandum | |
| Recommendation No.R(83) 10 on the protection of personal data used for scientific research and statistics (23 September 1983) [replaced by Recommendation No. R(97) 18 with regard to statistics] | Explanatory memorandum | |
| Recommendation No.R(81) 1 on regulations for automated medical data banks (23 January 1981) [replaced by Recommendation No. R (97) 5] | ||
| Resolutions | ||
| Resolution (74) 29 on the protection of individuals vis-à-vis electronic data banks in the public sector | ||
| Resolution (73) 22 on the protection of privacy of individuals vis-à-vis electronic data banks in the private sector | ||