Tuesday, June 17, 2014

DP Theory LVL2: Scope - Elements


In the one slide version we limited the reference to the scope of the EU Data Protection Directive (EU DPD) is focused on “processing personal data”. Let us dig a little deeper. 
Scope of legislation is in most cases approached from different perspectives:
-       what product or activity is in scope?
o   in the jargon “ratio materiae
o   for EU data protection legislation: focused on “processing personal data”, with a few carve outs (art. 3)
-       what is the jurisdictional reach?
o   in the jargon “ratio loci
o   for EU data protection legislation: a node with the EU is required (art. 4)
-       who is in scope?
o   in the jargon “ratio personae
o   less relevant for EU data protection legislation as in principle every controller is in scope
We’ll discuss all of these angles separately.

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