[e-privacy] Consultazione di Working Party 29 (RFID, Video Surveillance)

[Andrea Glorioso]

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2. Data protection issues related to RFID technology

On January 19th, the  Working Party 29 adopted  a Working  Document on
data protection issues   related to RFID technology  (Working document
105).

After  outlining  the  potential  use of  RFID   technology in various
sectors, the Working Document recalls   the need  to comply with   the
basic    principles  set out  in the     EC data protection Directives
(Directive 95/46/EC and Directive 2002/58EC) whenever personal data is
collected using RFID technology. The  paper also provides guidance  to
manufacturers of the  technology (RFID tags, readers and applications)
as well as RFID standardization bodies on their responsibility towards
designing privacy compliant technology in order to enable deployers of
the  technology to   carry  out   their  obligations  under  the  data
protection Directive.

The Working Party wishes to give interested parties the opportunity to
submit their comments to  the Working Document 105  and to this end it
has launched this  public consultation  until  March  31st, 2005.  The
comments received by then will be posted on the present website unless
a specific request not to do so is mentioned by the respondent.

The comments  should  be sent   by e-mail  to the  following  address:
markt-privacy-consultations at cec.eu.int.

3. Videosurveillance

Within the  past  few   years a multiplication    of videosurveillance
systems has been observed. This has raised a lively debate in order to
identify   the conditions and limitations   that  should apply to  the
installation and to the implementation of  this kind of system as well
as the necessary safeguards for data subjects.

Starting from the existence of a variety of different legal situations
in the Member States the present  working document is meant to provide
an  initial  analysis    regarding   the  application  of    Directive
95/46/EC. It has been drafted  by the group  established by Art. 29 of
Directive  95/46/EC relating to the  protection of personal data. This
group is composed of European Data Protection Commissioners.

The public consultation aims to collect the opinion of interest groups
on this subject. As a next step  the group of European Data Protection
Commissioners will possibly adopt a recommendation on this question.

[...]

Please send your comments or position papers on this subject before 31
May 2003 either by post to:

Secretariat of the Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party
European Commission
DG Internal Market - E4
C-100 6/39
B - 1049 Brussels

or by e-mail

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Io in questo momento sono *veramente* affogato di lavoro.  Se qualcuno
ha voglia di  leggersi i  documenti di WP29   e di stendere una  prima
bozza di consultazione, giuro che daro` tutto il mio supporto in fase
di revisione/correzione/traduzione etc etc.

Ciao,

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