EU Fundamental Rights Agency: 'Thematic Study on Assessment of Data Protection Measures and Relevant Institutions' - Country Report on the United Kingdom

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Douwe Korff

Oxford Martin School - Global Cyber Capacity Centre; Eur. Univ. Viadrina - Centre for Internet & Human Rights; Yale University - Information Society Project; London Metropolitan University

Date Written: February 15, 2009

Abstract

This is a Country Report (one of 27, on each of the EU Member States), prepared as the basis for a comparative analysis of the "crucial role [of the EU data protection authorities] with respect to the fundamental right of data protection," and encompasses a critical assessment of the effectiveness, functioning and independence of the UK data protection authority, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

NB: The overall comparative report is available from the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), which commissioned the study. The present country report was originally released on the website of the Human Rights Law Centre of the University of Nottingham, which was asked to carry out the UK study and which in turn asked the author to do so,

Keywords: Privacy, Data Protection, Data Protection Authority

Suggested Citation

Korff, Douwe, EU Fundamental Rights Agency: 'Thematic Study on Assessment of Data Protection Measures and Relevant Institutions' - Country Report on the United Kingdom (February 15, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1638964 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1638964

Douwe Korff (Contact Author)

Oxford Martin School - Global Cyber Capacity Centre ( email )

University of Oxford
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Oxford, OX1 3BD
United Kingdom

Eur. Univ. Viadrina - Centre for Internet & Human Rights ( email )

Grosse Scharrnstr. 59
Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg 15230
Germany

Yale University - Information Society Project ( email )

P.O. Box 208206
New Haven, CT 06520-8206
United States

London Metropolitan University ( email )

London
United Kingdom

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