Study visit “Reconciling the right of access to information and the personal data protection”

In the period 18-19 October, the representatives of the National Centre for Personal Data Protection (NCPDP) carried out a study visit entitled “Reconciling the right of access to information and personal data protection“. The event was hosted by the French National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CNIL).

The purpose of the event was to take up the best legal and operational practices on mechanisms to reconcile the right of access to information and the protection of personal data.

During the study visit, moderated by experts in the field of personal data protection from the CNIL and CADA – Commission for Access to Administrative Documents, topics of importance such as: protection of personal data in the exercise of the right of access to information; reconciling the right of access to information and the right to protection of personal data; request for access to administrative documents or exercise of the right of access by the data subject, how to distinguish them and what is the impact; publication and re-use of data of public interest; re-use of data of public interest for scientific research purposes, etc. have been analysed and discussed.

The study visit was organised with the support of the EU TAIEX project – Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument, managed and funded by the Directorate-General for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) of the European Commission.