Proceedings of the First European Congress on Data Protection

This book is an edited version of the proceedings of the First European Congress on Data Protection, organized by the Spanish Data Protection Agency, the BBVA Foundation and the Superior Council of the Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Shipping under the presidency of honour of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain, and with a committee of honor comprising the Minister of Justice, the President of the European Parliament, the Vice President of the European Commission and the three senior officers of the organizing institutions.

For the first time, the heads of European data protection authorities, experts on the subject matter and informed representatives from the worlds of politics and business, not just in Europe but also the United States and Latin America, came together under one roof to participate in what is intended to be an open forum for the sharing of knowledge and experiences among all agents, public and private, involved in safeguarding the fundamental right that is data privacy.