International 

The international aspects of the Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens (Wbp; Personal Data Protection Act) are discussed under this heading.

The two most important questions from an international perspective are:

1) When does the Wbp apply to companies that operate internationally?
2) When is the transfer of personal data to third countries (outside the European Union and the European Area) permitted?

The international privacy framework (conventions, European Directives, etc.) for the protection of personal data can be found under the heading Acts on this site.

• Coordination of implementation Directive retention communications data is required
  April 27, 2006
• ‘Transfers of personal data to third countries: Applying Article 26 (2) of the EU Data Protection Directive to Binding Corporate Rules for International Data Transfers’
  3 juni 2003
• Mandatory systematic retention of telecommunication traffic data is disproportional and thus unacceptable statement (in English) of the European supervisory authorities on the protection of personal data
  12 September 2002
• Initial exploratory survey of the 'Article 29 Working party' in the area of online authentication services
  working document of the Article 29 Working party, 4 July 2002