EC Law

Transborder Data Flow

The current decisions of the EC commission on the adequacy of the protection of personal data in third countries can be found on the data protection page of the DG Internal Market of the European Commission: EUROPA - Justice and Home Affairs - Data Protection - Adequacy of the protection of personal data in third countries.

Data Protection Directive

Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

For more information on privacy legislation of the EC, visit the data protection page of the European Commission.

Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications

Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications).

EC Data Protection Regulation

Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data.

E-Commerce Directive

Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce').