Traveling - Protection of
Personal Data
Personal data
is sometimes requested when you conclude a contract for the purchase of
goods or services in another EU country (e.g. purchasing an airline ticket
or taking out an insurance policy).
Most Member
States have rules covering the protection of personal data which aim at
preventing the use of this data in a way harmful to your privacy, but the
scope and arrangements for such protection vary from one country to
another.
In order to
remove obstacles to the free movement of data, while protecting
individuals against any violation of their privacy, the Union has adopted
legislation designed to guarantee certain rights throughout the EU, in
particular, the right to be informed about the use to which the data is
put, the right to challenge data and, in certain cases, the right to give
prior agreement on the use of personal data.
To find out the
details of the Community or national rules in force, you should apply to
the independent bodies responsible for the protection of personal data in
each Member State for any help you may require.
