PROTECTION OF THE PRIVACY OF INDIVIDUALS VIS-A-VIS ELECTRONIC DATA BANKS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR - RESOLUTION (74) 29 ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE ON 20 SEPT 1974 AND EXPLANATORY REPORT

• NCJ Number: 27426
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 19 pages
• Corporate Author: Place Broglie
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: France

Annotation

THE RESOLUTION, THE TEXT AND RATIONALE OF WHICH ARE PRESENTED, VIEWS THE USE OF COMPUTERS FOR PURPOSES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND SEEKS ONLY TO REINFORCE CERTAIN GUARANTEES OF PRIVACY.

Abstract

THE PRINCIPLES OF THE RESOLUTION COVER SUCH THINGS AS INFORMING THE PUBLIC OF DATA SYSTEMS, DATA QUALITY, HANDLING OF PERSONALLY SENSITIVE DATA, TIME LIMITS FOR KEEPING AND USING INFORMATION, GUARDS AGAINST IMPROPER USE OF DATA, LIMITING ACCESS TO DATA, AND DISCRETE USE OF DATA.