Following a request by the European Parliament on 5 September 2012 for an analysis of the fundamental rights issues associated with the proposed EU data protection reform package, FRA issued its opinion on the draft legislation on 1 October 2012. This FRA opinion builds in particular on opinions...

Binding Corporate Rules provide an adequate level of protection for companies which transfer data from the European Economic Area to countries which do not ensure an adequate level of protection. However, data transfers on the basis of BCR may need to be authorised by some national data...