Rina Steenkamp - Privacy and technology
Chapter III Rights of the data subject
Section 1 Transparency and modalities
1. The controller shall have concise, transparent, clear and easily accessible policies with regard to the processing of personal data and for the exercise of data subjects' rights.
2. The controller shall provide any information and any communication relating to the processing of personal data to the data subject in an intelligible form, using clear and plain language, in particular for any information addressed specifically to a child.
[Source: October 2013]
(46) The principle of transparency requires that any information addressed to the public or to the data subject should be easily accessible and easy to understand, and that clear and plain language is used. This is in particular relevant where in situations, such as online advertising, the proliferation of actors and the technological complexity of practice makes it difficult for the data subject to know and understand if personal data relating to them are being collected, by whom and for what purpose. Given that children deserve specific protection, any information and communication, where processing is addressed specifically to a child, should be in such a clear and plain language that the child can easily understand.
[Source: October 2013 | Notes: Recitals | Context: Recitals]
Article 11 introduces the obligation on controllers to provide transparent and easily accessible and understandable information, inspired in particular by the Madrid Resolution on international standards on the protection of personal data and privacy [32].
[Notes:]
[Source: January 2012 | Context: Proposal from the European Commission]
1. The controller shall have transparent and easily accessible policies with regard to the processing of personal data and for the exercise of data subjects' rights.
2. The controller shall provide any information and any communication relating to the processing of personal data to the data subject in an intelligible form, using clear and plain language, adapted to the data subject, in particular for any information addressed specifically to a child.
[Source: January 2012 | Context: Proposal from the European Commission]
(46) The principle of transparency requires that any information addressed to the public or to the data subject should be easily accessible and easy to understand, and that clear and plain language is used. This is in particular relevant where in situations, such as online advertising, the proliferation of actors and the technological complexity of practice makes it difficult for the data subject to know and understand if personal data relating to them are being collected, by whom and for what purpose. Given that children deserve specific protection, any information and communication, where processing is addressed specifically to a child, should be in such a clear and plain language that the child can easily understand.
[Source: January 2012 | Notes: Recitals | Context: Proposal from the European Commission, Recitals]