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The Asociación de Autocontrol de la Publicidad (the Spanish Advertising Self-Regulatory Association - AAP) has recently approved a Code of Conduct for Advertising on the Internet. The AAP was set up in 1995, and its objectives are to ensure that the self-regulatory provisions for the regulation of advertising are adhered to, and to regulate the form and content of the media. In 1996, the AAP already adopted a (general) Advertising Code of Conduct, which has been widely accepted by the industry. Now, the AAP has approved a new Code of Conduct for advertising on the Internet. The code applies only...

On 26 May 1999, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Resolution 1191 (1999) entitled “Information society and a digital world”. This Resolution follows up on PACE Recommendation 1332 (1997) on the scientific and technical aspects of the new information and communications technologies (see IRIS 1997-7/1). The Resolution focuses on the growing importance of the information society and digital world that are being shaped by the rapidly developing information and communication technologies. To ensure the democratic development of the information society, the PACE calls...

On 21 May 1999, the Act on the Openness of Government Activities ( Laki viranomaisten toiminnan julkisuudesta ) and 73 related Acts were confirmed. The Act will enter into force on 1 December 1999. It replaces the Act No. 83/1951 on the Publicity of Official Documents ( Laki yleisten asiakirjain julkisuudesta ). The purpose of the reform is to increase the openness of government activities. The right of access to information will be extended. In addition to administrative authorities and the courts, the Act will also apply to State and municipal enterprises, private-law organisations, and private...

On 22 April 1999, the Personal Data Act ( Henkilötietolaki ) was confirmed. It entered into force on 1 June 1999 and replaces the Personal Data Files Act ( Henkilörekisterilaki ), Act No. 471/1987. The Personal Data Act implements the EU Directive on Data Protection (Directive 95/46/EC) into Finnish law. The Act expands the right of access to data for the data subjects. A new feature is that, besides private individuals, the definition of a data subject includes other legal persons, e.g., businesses. Finnish regulations concerning sensitive data now also cover trade union membership. This is a...

Replying to an application for a temporary order, the Koblenz Appeal Court ( Oberlandesgericht - OLG ) decided on 27 October 1998 that in future no telephone directories may be sold in CD-ROM format without the telephone subscribers' prior permission. The applicant, a computer software manufacturer, who also produced a CD-ROM telephone directory with which subscribers could be identified by means of their telephone number, neighbourhood searches could be carried out and business numbers found, had been prohibited from selling these CD-ROMs by means of an injunction. As a result of this, she had...