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Thirty Years After the OECD Privacy Guidelines: Privacy in a Data Driven World
October 2011
Michael Donohue
Senior Policy Analyst
OECD |
It has now been more than thirty years since the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) produced its ‘Guidelines governing the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data’ (‘OECD Privacy Guidelines’). These OECD Privacy Guidelines have served the global community well during these years. In 2010 we celebrated their 30th anniversary [www.oecd.org/sti/privacyanniversary] with a look backwards and forwards as the Working Party on Information Security and Privacy (WPISP) examined the evolving privacy landscape in conjunction with the 2007 OECD Recommendation on the Privacy Law Enforcement Co-operation [www.oecd.org/sti/privacycooperation] . On October 31st, 2011, OECD released a preliminary outcome from its review process: ‘Terms of Reference for the review of the OECD Guidelines Governing the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Data Flows of Personal Data’ (‘Terms of Reference’) at its conference just prior to the 33rd Data Protection and Privacy Commissioner’s Conference in Mexico City.
Michael Donohue, who heads the unit on Information Security and Privacy at the OECD, recaps the ‘Terms of Reference’, our time in Mexico City, and reflects on the journey forward for the WPISP group.
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