OECD Guidelines
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OECD Guidelines - 1980 OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data; placed accountability on the data controller even when another party does the processing.
In the CIPP/E body of knowledge, OECD Guidelines comes up under Ch 1.3.1 - OECD Guidelines (1980); Ch 11.1 - Accountability background; Ch 18.1 - Why outsourcing matters.
OECD Guidelines in context
- It was the ==first legally binding international instrument== in data protection and, unlike the OECD Guidelines, ==requires signatories to implement its principles in domestic law==. (Convention 108)
- Leaving implementation of Convention 108 and the OECD Guidelines to member states produced a ==diverse, fragmented set of regimes==, threatening both fundamental rights and the internal market. (Need for a harmonised approach & the Data Protection Directive)
- It is not brand new: it first appeared in the ==1980 OECD Guidelines== and was implicitly supported by the original [[Directive]] through the duty to register or notify processing with national [[DPA]]s. (Introduction and background to accountability)
Where OECD Guidelines is covered in the CIPP/E study notes
- OECD Guidelines
- Introduction and background to accountability
- Introduction to outsourcing
- Module 1 · European data protection timeline
Related terms
- OECD
- Accountability Principle
- Accountability
- Directive
- CNIL
- DPA
- Outsourcing
- Service bureaux
- Data Protection Directive
- GDPR
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