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2012

2011

15.12.2011 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE on Online Behavioural Advertising - 83rd meeting, 08-09 December 2011 [66 KB]
13.12.2011 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 83rd meeting, 08-09 December 2011 [74 KB]
20.10.2011 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 82nd meeting, 13-14 October 2011 [59 KB]
03.10.2011 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - Data Protection Authorities not convinced on necessity and proportionality of the proposal for European Terrorist Finance Tracking System [41 KB]
14.09.2011 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - Meeting with industry on Online Behavioural Advertising [48 KB]
14.07.2011 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - European Data Protection Authorities adopt an Opinion on Consent [56 KB]
11.04.2011 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 80th meeting, 04-05 April 2011 [23 KB]
16.02.2011 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 79th meeting, 10-11 February 2011 [54 KB]

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2010

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2009

01.12.2009 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - The Future of Privacy: Joint contribution to the Consultation of the European Commission on the legal framework for the fundamental right to protection of personal data - 1 December 2009 [77 KB]
30.11.-01.12.2009 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 73rd meeting, 30 November - 1 December 2009 [70 KB]
12-13.10.2009 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 72nd meeting, 12-13 October 2009 [70 KB]
25.06.2009 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - Opinion 5/2009 on online social networking [51 KB]
16-17.06.2009 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 71st meeting, 16-17 June 2009 [66 KB]
16.06.2009 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - WADA - 71st meeting, 16-17 June 2009 [54 KB]
08.04.2009 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 70th meeting, 7-8 April 2009 [65 KB]
01.04.2009 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, DRAFT AGENDA (main topics) 70th meeting, 7-8 April 2009 [13 KB]
17.03.2009 Joint Investigation Action on the Implementation of the Data Retention Directive: Press Release [26 KB]
16.02.2009 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 69th meeting, 10-11 February 2009 [19 KB]
12.02.2009 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 69th meeting, 10-11 February 2009 - Search Engines [16 KB]
28.01.2009 The resolution of the US House of Representatives for the celebration of Data Privacy Day on 28 January in the US [151 KB]
27.01.2009 Declaration of Alex Trk, Chairman of the Article 29 WP on the European Data Protection Day - 28 January 2009 [15 KB]

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2008

10.12.2008 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 68th meeting, 10 December 2008 [93 KB]
01.10.2008 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 67th meeting, 1 October 2008 [20 KB]
16.09.2008 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE on Google's reply to the Opinion on data protection issues related to search engines [16 KB]
30.06.2008 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 66th meeting, 24-25 June 2008 [20 KB]
03-04.04.2008 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 65th meeting, 3-4 April 2008 [147 KB]
18-19.02.2008 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 64th meeting, 18-19 February 2008 [125 KB]

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2007

05.12.2007 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 63rd meeting, 5 December 2007 [34 KB]
11.10.2007 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 62nd meeting, 9-10 October 2007 [36 KB]
17.08.2007 Article 29 Working Party - Press Release - Opinion on the new EU-US PNR Agreement of July 2007 [28 KB]
21.06.2007 Article 29 Working Party - Press Release - 61st Meeting 19-20 June [143 KB]
20.04.2007 ARTICLE 29 Data Protection Working Party - PRESS RELEASE - 60th meeting - 17-18 April 2007 [40 KB]
13.04.2007 ARTICLE 29 Data Protection Working Party - DRAFT AGENDA (main topics) - 60th meeting - 17-18 April 2007 [18 KB]
14-15.02.2007 Article 29 Working Party Plenary [120 KB]
28.01.2007 1st European Data Protection Day [32 KB]

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2006

23.11.2006 Press Release of the Article 29 Working Party on Swift Case [138 KB]
26.09.2006 Press Release of the Article 29 Working Party on Swift Case [29 KB]
28.07.2006 Press Release of the Article 29 Working Party on Swift Case [66 KB]

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2005

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2004

24.03.2004 The Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party has adopted a Joint Statement in response to the terrorist attacks in Madrid

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2003

06.03.2003 Joint EU-US statement on the transmission of APIS/PNR data from airlines to the United States
- Declaration [19 KB]
- Speech by Frits Bolkestein
30.01.2003 The Article 29 Working Party gives guidance regarding on-line authentication systems

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