For several decades the OECD has been playing an important role in promoting respect for privacy as a fundamental value and a condition for the free flow of personal data across borders. The Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data constitute the first update of the original 1980 version that served as the first internationally agreed upon set of privacy principles.
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Other revisions modernise the OECD approach to transborder data flows, detail the key elements of what it means to be an accountable organisation, and strengthen privacy enforcement. As a step in a continuing process, this revision leaves intact the original “Basic Principles” of the Guidelines. Ongoing OECD work on privacy protection in a data-driven economy will provide further opportunities to ensure that its privacy framework is well adapted to current challenges.
In 2019 the OECD is working with countries and experts to scope developments and provide practical recommendations on the implementation of the Guidelines in today's digital environment.
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