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2013
- 25.04.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party, addressed to Mr Philip Lowe, Director General for Energy, regarding the opinion on the Data Protection Impact Assessment Template for Smart Grid and Smart Metering Systems
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("DPIA Template") - Annex(285 KB)
- 23.04.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party, addressed to IATA, regarding Checkpoint of the Future(94 KB) - Annex(22 KB)
- 23.04.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party, addressed to IATA, regarding New Distribution Capability(94 KB)
- 22.04.2013 Reply Letter from Ms Le Bail, Director General of Justice, addressed to the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party, regarding the publication of LIBE letter(45 KB)
- 15.04.2013 Reply letter from the Article 29 Working Party, addressed to Mr. Manservisi, Director General of Home Affairs, regarding meeting on the follow up of the second Joint Review of the EU-US TFTP Agreement(95 KB)
- 08.04.2013 Letter from Mr. Manservisi, Director General of Home Affairs addressed to Article 29 Working Party, regarding EU-US TFTP Agreement(92 KB)
- 02.04.2013 Letter from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Ms Le Bail, Director General of Justice, regarding the publication, by the Commission, of several letters by the Article 29 Working Party on the page set aside for the Working Party matters on the website of the Commission (DG Justice(51 KB) )
- 26.03.2013 Letter from Ms Le Bail, Director General of Justice, addressed to the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party, regarding the publication, by the Commission, of several letters by the Article 29 Working Party on the page set aside for the Working Party matters on the website of the Commission (DG Justice)(132 KB)
- 05.03.2013 eMail from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Ms Le Bail, Director General of Justice, regarding publication of documents at the Working Party's website, hosted by the European Commission(64 KB)
- 05.03.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to World Anti-Doping Agency, regarding 3rd stage of WADA's consultation in the context of the review of the World Anti-Doping Code and its International Standards(99 KB)
Annex: Contribution(342 KB)
- 27.02.2013 Statement of the Working Party on current discussions regarding the data protection reform package(31 KB)
Annex 1: Proposals for Amendments regarding Competence & Lead Authority(15 KB)
Annex 2: Proposals for Amendments regarding exemption for personal or household activities(58 KB)
2012
- 21.12.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working party addressed to Mr. Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Chairman of the LIBE Committee, regarding the presentation of the Second Joint Review Report of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program Agreement between the European Union and the United States (hereafter: TFTP Agreement) in the LIBE Committee(95 KB)
- 16.10.2012 Press Release from CNIL on Google Privacy Policy (75 KB) and letter from the Article 29 Working Party(653 KB) addressed to Google along with the recommendations(427 KB)
- 01.10.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Mr. Zourek, Director General of Taxation and Customs Union, regarding Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Model II agreements(41 KB)
Annex Letter of 21.06.2012(72 KB)
- 26.09.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working party addressed to Dr. Steve Crocker and Mr. Akram Atallah Chairman and interim CEO of the Board of Directors Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), related to comments on the data protection impact of the revision of the ICANN RAA concerning accuracy and data retention of WHOIS data(88 KB)
- 21.06.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Mr. Zourek, Director General of Taxation and Customs Union regarding Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)(72 KB)
- 12.06.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to the Sedona Conference, regarding the “International Principles on Discovery, Disclosure & Data Protection” (Principles) published by Working Group 6 of the Sedona Conference for public comment in December 2011(33 KB)
- 12.06.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Ms. Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Home Affairs, regarding Smart Borders(48 KB)
- 12.06.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Mr. Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Chairman of the LIBE Committee, regarding the negotiations on the Proposal for a Directive on EU PNR(27 KB)
- 12.06.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Mr. Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Chairman of the LIBE Committee, related to the initiative of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Estonia, the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Slovenia and the Kingdom of Sweden for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding the European Investigation Order(EIO) in criminal matters(25 KB)
- 12.06.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Ms Malmström, Commissioner of Home Affairs, regarding a proposal for a Regulation establishing the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR)(29 KB)
- 04.04.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to VP Reding, regarding the budget and resource implications resulting from Commission's Data protection reform proposals(24 KB)
- 03.04.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Mr. Resanovic, the Commissioner for Information and Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, in order to welcome Serbia to the Working Party with observer status(22 KB)
- 03.04.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to VP Reding, regarding the progress on the adequacy levels of Uruguay and New Zealand(23 KB)
- 01.03.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to the Online Behavioural Advertising (OBA) Industry regarding the current approach of the Code of Conduct(28 KB)
- 29.03.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Ms Le Bail, Director General of DG Justice and Mr Faull, Director General of Internal Market & Services, regarding US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)(26 KB) - Annex(24 KB)
- 27.02.2012 Letter from CNIL addressed to Google Inc., regarding Google's new privacy policy(688 KB)
- 07.02.2012 Letter to Commissioner Vassiliou regarding data protection issues with the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA)(71 KB)
- 03.02.2012 Reply from Google addressed to the Article 29 Working Party regarding the upcoming changes in their privacy policy(2 MB)
- 02.02.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Google regarding the upcoming change in their privacy policy(23 KB)
- 06.01.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to LIBE Committee of the European Parliament regarding the new draft agreement on the transfer and use of Passenger Name Records, known as PNR data(39 KB)
2011
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15.12.2011 Accompanying letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Online Behavioural Advertising (OBA) Industry regarding the opinion on the EASA/IAB Code(26 KB)
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14.12.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to IATA regarding the IATA “Checkpoint of the future” project(41 KB)
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13.12.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed Commissioner M. Barnier regarding the proposal for a Regulation on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (IMI Regulation)(49 KB)
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13.12.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to DG MARKT regarding the application of Directive 95/46 in relation to the international transfer of personal data to the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the application of Directive 2006/43 and the Commission Decision 2010/485/EU of 1 September 2010 (the Commission Decision)(91 KB)
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22.09.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Commissioner Cecilia Malmström regarding Terrorist Finance Tracking System (TFTS) – European Commission Communication COM (2011) 429(58 KB)
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23.08.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Online Behavioural Advertising (OBA) Industry regarding the self-regulatory Framework (628 KB)
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07.06.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to U.S. Department of the Treasury (UST) related to the interpretation of the TFTP Agreement by UST
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20.04.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Ms Le Bail to deliver input to the Commission on the current practices at national level, the problems encountered in implementing the Directive as well as some suggestions for improvements or changes in relation to special categories of data (“sensitive data”), notification and the practical implementation of the Article 28(6) of the Directive 95/46/EC
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15.04.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to ATOS Origin regarding the STORK Project
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19.01.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Commissioner Malmström regarding the EU PNR Agreements with the US, Canada and Australia
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14.01.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Vice-President Reding regarding the Article 29 WP's reaction to the Commission Communication "A comprehensive approach to personal data protection in the EU"
2010
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09.12.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Vice-President Kroes regarding the transposition of the amended Directive concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector
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19.11.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Vice-President Reding regarding the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the protection of personal data when transferred and processed for law enforcement purposes
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29.10.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to the Ad Network Providers(173 KB)
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29.10.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to the Browser Providers(150 KB)
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05.08.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Commissioner Malmström regarding the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of Financial Messaging Data from the European Union to the United States for the purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program
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15.07.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Commissioner, Mr. Karel de Gucht, regarding the data protection and privacy implications of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
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25.06.2010 letter from Mr. Jacob Kohnstamm, Chairman of the Art. 29 Working Party and Mr. Francesco Pizzetti, Chairman of the Working Party on Police and Justice addressed to Mr. Juan Fernando LPEZ AGUILAR, Chairman of the LIBE Committee regarding EU-US Terrorist Finance Tracking Program Agreement (TFTP II Agreement)
- 26.05.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to search engine operators (Google , Microsoft , Yahoo!)
- Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Federal Trade Commission related to search engine operators (Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!)
- Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Viviane Reding, European Commission Vice-President in charge of Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship related to search engine operators (Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!)
- 12.05.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Signatories of the "Safer Social Networking Principles for the EU "
and to facebook
2009
- 23.10.2009 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to search engine operators:
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11.02.2009 Letter dated 11 February 2009 from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party to Mr. Daniel CALLEJA CRESPO, Director in DG TREN on body scanners
2008
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24.07.2008 Letter dated 24 July 2008 from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party to Jonathan Faull, Director General of DG JLS on the introduction of US Electronic System of Travel Authorisation (ESTA)
- 27.05.2008 Letter dated 27 May 2008 from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party to Baroness Sarah Ludford, regarding outsourcing the collection of biometric data within the framework of visa applications.
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10.03.2008 Letter from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party to Mr. Jacques Barrot, Vice-President, regarding the PNR agreement with Australia.
2007
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10.12.2007 Letter dated 10 December 2007 from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party to Mr. Jean-Marie CAVADA, Chairman of the LIBE Committee, on EU passports.
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12.10.2007 Letter dated 12 October 2007 from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party to Google regarding their commitment to comply with EU data protection laws.
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18.06.2007 Letter to Vice President Frattini enclosing the Comments by the Article 29 Working Party on the Modified Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) 1030/2002 laying down a uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals (COM(2006)110)
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29.05.2007 Letter from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party to Mr. Franco Frattini, Vice-President, regarding the draft multiannual programme of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights
- 16.05.2007 Letter from Article 29 Working Party to Google regarding their new privacy practices
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26.03.2007 Workshop on EU approach towards a new passenger data agreement. This Workshop brought together national data protection authorities and other interested parties and was not a meeting of the Article 29 Working Party: Agenda
- 31.01.2007 A common EU approach to the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data for law enforcement purposes
2006
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29.09.2006 Letter addressed on 29 September 2006 to the Chairman of the Working Party by the Director of the Office of International Affairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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24.07.2006 Visa Information System: Letter addressed on 24 July 2006 to Mr. Pentti Visanen, Chairman of Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA), regarding a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short stay-visas (in reply to Letter of M. Widerman of 2 June 2006)
- 03.07.2006 VADEMECUM ON NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Whistleblowing schemes in the fields of accounting, account auditing, financial reporting and fight against bribery, financial corruption, banking and financial crime accounting.
- 03.07.2006 Letter addressed on 3 July 2006 to the Director of the Office of International Affairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by the Chairman of the Working Party
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08.06.2006 Letter addressed on 8 June 2006 to the Chairman of the Working Party by the Director of the Office of International Affairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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16.02.2006 Letter addressed on 16 February 2006 to the Chairman of the SEC by the Chairman of the Working Party
2005
- 11.02.2005 Guidelines for Terminated Merchant Databases
- 30.11.2004 Standards for security features and biometrics in EU citizens' passports