General information

Pursuant to the wording of Article 12 of the Act of 29 August 1997 on the Protection of Personal Data (Official Journal of 2002 No. 101, item 926 with later amendments) the Inspector General for Personal Data Protection shall, amongst his/her other tasks, participate in the work of international organisations and institutions involved in personal data protection.

The Inspector General for Personal Data Protection:

• co-operates with Data Protection Review, a web periodical edited by the Data Protection Agency of Madrid every four months, and is a member of its Advisory Council,
• co-operates with international organisations involved in protection of data,
• participates in the work of the Working Party established on the basis of Article 29 of the Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data,
• appoints members of the Joint Supervisory Body of Europol (JSB Europol) and their alternates and indicates the candidates for a member of the Appeals Committee and his/her alternate
• appoints members of the Joint Supervisory Authority of Schengen (JSA Schengen),
• appoints members of the Joint Supervisory Authority Customs (JSA Customs),
• co-operates with other countries' commissioners for data protection