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On 7 February 1995, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted a Recommendation on the protection of personal data in the area of telecommunication services, with particular reference to telephone services. In their Recommendation, the Ministers recommend the Council of Europe's thirtyfour Member States to apply the principles set out in an Appendix to the Recommendation, to network operators and service providers, who, for the accomplishment of their functions collect and process personal data and process these automatically. The principles in the Appendix relate to the respect...

On 11 May 1994 the local government of Saarland passed an Act to amend press legislation and broadcasting laws in their region. The Act was, however, a greatly toned down version of the original Bill. The aim of the amendment was to create a greater balance between the media and those concerned by giving them the right to reply as a means of protecting their private life, as defined under constitutional law, against media attacks. Under press legislation, such reply statements should be printed in an equivalent place on the same page as the first publication, using the same font and layout and...

In a series of Recommendations the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the European Economic Area expresses that, in principle, it supports the report on Europe and the global information society, presented by the Bangemann Group and calls for the establishment of a European authority in telecommunications, information and audio-visual services. Furthermore, the Committee urges the EEA Parties to establish a common regulatory framework for the protection of intellectual property rights, privacy and security of information and suggests the creation of regional investment funds for the audio-visual...