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Binding Corporate Rules - Why Now is the Time, Especially in Italy
April 2010
Rocco Panetta
Partner
Panetta & Associati |
Italy has been part of the Binding Corporate Rules ("BCR") development process since the beginning in 2002. You were there. What has been your role and Italy's role in this journey?
In the early years of 2000, Professor Stefano Rodotà, one of the most distinguished jurists, expert in fundamental rights, at that time Chairman of the Italian Data Protection Authority (the IDPA, also known as the Garante, with the Italian name), was appointed as Chairman of the Art. 29 Working Party. He boosted the international agenda of EU DPAs thanks to the entering into with the US Government of the Safe Harbour agreement, the adoption of Standard Contractual Clauses as well as the launch of the Binding Corporate Rules procedure.
Other topics of interest in this interview include:
- Circumstances under which the BCR process is recommended for companies
- Art 29 WP and the Italian Data Protection Authority
- The Google-YouTube case and companies choosing the Italian DPA
- Advice for CPOs and companies doing business outside of their home countries
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