Governing Principles of the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union

For citation: Chikishev N.A. (2019) Bazovye printsipy General'nogo reglamenta o zashchite personal'nykh dannykh Evropeyskogo Soyuza [Governing Principles of the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union]. Mediaskop 1. (in Russian). Available at: http://www.mediascope.ru/2528

DOI: 10.30547/mediascope.1.2019.8

© Nikolai A. Chikishev

Former Post-Graduate Student of the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), kuormasto@gmail.com

Abstract

The adoption of a new Regulation on the protection of personal data of the European Union opens a new page in the area of data protection in Europe. The document applies to all EU member states and also affects users and companies in third countries with whom European data processors cooperate. In this study the principles of the new mechanism of protection, rights and obligations of the parties are analyzed, the innovations of the sector are examined and the legal contradictions of the Regulation are assessed. The conclusion summarizes the study and shows the advantages of the new legislation of the European Union.

Keywords: right to be forgotten, private data, internet, digital rights, EU Data Protection Directive, EU General Data Protection.

Notes

Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. Available at: https://goo.gl/kDw4Vq (aссessed: 23.06.2018).  

Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA. Available at: https://goo.gl/JzaRAh (aссessed: 23.06.2018).  

Dogovor o funktsionirovanii ES [Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union]. Available at: https://goo.gl/cPgP56 (aссessed: 23.06.2018).

Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA of 27 November 2008 on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters. Available at: https://goo.gl/fYsUxJ (aссessed: 23.06.2018).

Khartiya Evropeyskogo Soyuza ob osnovnykh pravakh [The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union]. Available at: https://goo.gl/RfzxhR (aссessed: 23.06.2018).

Opinion of 14 January 2011 on the Communication from the Commission on "A comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union" (the "EDPS Opinion"). Available at: https://goo.gl/EJisKr (aссessed: 23.06.2018).  

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation). Available at: https://goo.gl/kvxNLM (aссessed: 23.06.2018).

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