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The Contribution Of The Article 29 Working Party To The Construction Of A Harmonised European Data Protection System: An Illustration Of 'Reflexive Governance'?, Yves Poullet, Serge Gutwirth
The Contribution Of The Article 29 Working Party To The Construction Of A Harmonised European Data Protection System: An Illustration Of 'Reflexive Governance'?, Yves Poullet, Serge Gutwirth
Serge Gutwirth
The Art. 29 Working Party, which brings together representatives of the different national supervisory Data Protection Authorities, is a body responsible for giving advice and making recommendations to the European institutions on specific data protection issues. It works closely with the Commission. At European level, no similar institution has been established for example as regards consumer or environmental protection, although some national legislations do provide for supervisory bodies in these matters . To put it a little bit bluntly, it could be said that Art. 29 of the Data Protection Directive has officially installed a kind of ‘privacy lobby group’ …