Data Protection
Data protection is a branch of the right’s recent creation formed by all those legal standards that regulate how they must collect, treat and cede the so-called personal data of natural persons (any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person), in order to protect the privacy and other rights fundamental of the holder of the data. Basically, the protection of data in Spain is regulated in legal norms: directive. Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals as regards the processing of personal data and on the free movement of these data.? Organic law. Law 15/1999 of 13 of December of protection of data of a personal nature.? Regulation. Royal Decree 1720 / 2007, of 21 December, which approves the regulation of development of the organic law 15/1999, of 13 December, of protection of data of character staff. Instructions of the Spanish Agency of data protection.
One of the functions of the Agency is the dictate instructions and recommendations adequacy of treatments to the LOPD, in this regard, the Agency has drafted eight instructions affecting different aspects relating to certain processing operations. Other standards. There are other legal rules governing without being directly related to the protection of data some aspects applicable in certain areas, such as for example the rights of subscribers and users of telecommunications services regulated by the General Law of telecommunications (GLT) and the rights of recipients of electronic communications covered by the law of services of the information society and electronic commerce (LSSI) thereforein adapting a Spanish organization with legislation on data protection must take into account not only the organic law and its regulations, but also the instructions of the Spanish Agency of data protection that apply and those other rules that might regulate aspects that affect the treatment of the personal data in the sector of activity concerned..