Article 41
Suivi des codes de conduite
Il n'y a pas de considérant du Règlement lié à l'article 41.
Il n'y pas de considérant de la Directive 95/46 lié à l'article 41.
Règlement
Art. 41 1. Sans préjudice des missions et des pouvoirs de l'autorité de contrôle compétente au titre des articles 57 et 58, le contrôle du respect du code de conduite en vertu de l'article 40 peut être effectué par un organisme qui dispose d'un niveau d'expertise approprié au regard de l'objet du code et qui est agréé à cette fin par l'autorité de contrôle compétente. 2. Un organisme visé au paragraphe 1 peut être agréé pour contrôler le respect d'un code de conduite lorsque cet organisme a: a) prouvé, à la satisfaction de l'autorité de contrôle compétente, son indépendance et son expertise au regard de l'objet du code; b) établi des procédures qui lui permettent d'apprécier si les responsables du traitement et les sous-traitants concernés satisfont aux conditions pour appliquer le code, de contrôler le respect de ses dispositions et d'examiner périodiquement son fonctionnement; c) établi des procédures et des structures pour traiter les réclamations relatives aux violations du code ou à la manière dont le code a été ou est appliqué par un responsable du traitement ou un sous-traitant, et pour rendre ces procédures et structures transparentes à l'égard des personnes concernées et du public; et d) prouvé, à la satisfaction de l'autorité de contrôle compétente, que ses tâches et ses missions n'entraînent pas de conflit d'intérêts. 3. L'autorité de contrôle compétente soumet le projet de critères d'agrément d'un organisme visé au paragraphe 1 du présent article au comité en application du mécanisme de contrôle de la cohérence visé à l'article 63. 4. Sans préjudice des missions et des pouvoirs de l'autorité de contrôle compétente et des dispositions du chapitre VIII, un organisme visé au paragraphe 1 prend, sous réserve des garanties appropriées, des mesures appropriées en cas de violation du code par un responsable du traitement ou un sous-traitant, et peut notamment suspendre ou exclure le responsable du traitement ou le sous-traitant concerné de l'application du code. Il informe l'autorité de contrôle compétente de ces mesures et des raisons pour lesquelles elles ont été prises. 5. L'autorité de contrôle compétente révoque l'agrément d'un organisme visé au paragraphe 1 si les conditions d'agrément ne sont pas ou ne sont plus réunies ou si les mesures prises par l'organisme constituent une violation du présent règlement. 6. Le présent article ne s'applique pas au traitement effectué par les autorités publiques et les organismes publics. |
Directive
Pas de disposition correspondante |
Belgique
Aucune disposition spécifique |
United Kingdom
51. General duties of Commissioner (1) It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to promote the following of good practice by data controllers and, in particular, so to perform his functions under this Act as to promote the observance of the requirements of this Act by data controllers. (2) The Commissioner shall arrange for the dissemination in such form and manner as he considers appropriate of such information as it may appear to him expedient to give to the public about the operation of this Act, about good practice, and about other matters within the scope of his functions under this Act, and may give advice to any person as to any of those matters. (3) Where— (a) the [F1 Secretary of State] so directs by order, or (b) the Commissioner considers it appropriate to do so, the Commissioner shall, after such consultation with trade associations, data subjects or persons representing data subjects as appears to him to be appropriate, prepare and disseminate to such persons as he considers appropriate codes of practice for guidance as to good practice. (4) The Commissioner shall also— (a) where he considers it appropriate to do so, encourage trade associations to prepare, and to disseminate to their members, such codes of practice, and (b) where any trade association submits a code of practice to him for his consideration, consider the code and, after such consultation with data subjects or persons representing data subjects as appears to him to be appropriate, notify the trade association whether in his opinion the code promotes the following of good practice. (5) An order under subsection (3) shall describe the personal data or processing to which the code of practice is to relate, and may also describe the persons or classes of persons to whom it is to relate. [F2(5A)In determining the action required to discharge the duties imposed by subsections (1) to (4), the Commissioner may take account of any action taken to discharge the duty imposed by section 52A (data-sharing code) [F3or section 52AA (direct marketing code)].] (6) The Commissioner shall arrange for the dissemination in such form and manner as he considers appropriate of— (a) any Community finding as defined by paragraph 15(2) of Part II of Schedule 1, (b) any decision of the European Commission, under the procedure provided for in Article 31(2) of the Data Protection Directive, which is made for the purposes of Article 26(3) or (4) of the Directive, and (c) such other information as it may appear to him to be expedient to give to data controllers in relation to any personal data about the protection of the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data in countries and territories outside the European Economic Area. (7) The Commissioner may, with the consent of the data controller, assess any processing of personal data for the following of good practice and shall inform the data controller of the results of the assessment. (8) The Commissioner may charge such sums as he may F4... determine for any [F5 relevant] services provided by the Commissioner by virtue of this Part. [F6(8A) In subsection (8) “relevant services” means— (a) the provision to the same person of more than one copy of any published material where each of the copies of the material is either provided on paper, a portable disk which stores the material electronically or a similar medium, (b) the provision of training, or (c) the provision of conferences. (8B)The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (8A).] (9) In this section— “good practice” means such practice in the processing of personal data as appears to the Commissioner to be desirable having regard to the interests of data subjects and others, and includes (but is not limited to) compliance with the requirements of this Act; “trade association” includes any body representing data controllers. 52. Reports and codes of practice to be laid before Parliament (1) The Commissioner shall lay annually before each House of Parliament a general report on the exercise of his functions under this Act. (2) The Commissioner may from time to time lay before each House of Parliament such other reports with respect to those functions as he thinks fit. (3) The Commissioner shall lay before each House of Parliament any code of practice prepared under section 51(3) for complying with a direction of the [F1 Secretary of State], unless the code is included in any report laid under subsection (1) or (2). |