Abstract
This contribution is based on presentations and discussions at the conference “Safeguarding the Right to Data Protection”, held in Paris on the 30th and 31st October, 2014. Vladimir Marinescu, of the Academy of European Law (hereafter: ERA), in cooperation with the Cour de Cassation , organised the event. The conference looked at developments in EU data protection law with a focus on data protection as a fundamental right. Speakers discussed recent jurisprudence from the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereafter: CJEU or the Court), the European Court of Human Rights (hereafter: ECtHR) and national courts. The conference covered four main focus areas: EU data protection law; civil and criminal law aspects of data protection and the internet; data protection as a cornerstone of European fundamental rights protection; and data protection remedies. This contribution elaborates upon some of the most pertinent issues speakers discussed.
Highlights
The contribution touches upon some points made by Jean-Paul Jacqué on the growing role of the EU Charter in data protection. This conference report will show how data protection has moved from an economic necessity to a fundamental right in the EU, and how data protection is increasingly being characterised as a human right
Bertrand Louvel opened the conference by anchoring the conference in current discussions on transparency, surveillance, digital identities and fundamental rights
Wolfgang Heusel began by noting that data protection has been high on the legal, political and judicial agenda of EU in the past few years
Summary
On the 30th and 31st October 2014, the Cour de Cassation, in the magnificent Palais de Justice in Paris, played host to a mix of judges and prosecutors, academics, data protection and information lawyers, data protection officers, EU and national public servants, and compliance and information officers Such was the magnitude of the event and diversity of attendees, that all discussions were simultaneously interpreted from and into English, German and French. The contribution touches upon some points made by Jean-Paul Jacqué on the growing role of the EU Charter in data protection This conference report will show how data protection has moved from an economic necessity to a fundamental right in the EU, and how data protection is increasingly being characterised as a human right.
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