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Transparency

The EU institutions and bodies make decisions and adopt legislation that affect the lives of all those living in its Member States. The decisions affecting them must be taken as openly as possible. You have the right to know why, how and who is involved in making these decisions and laws. You also have the fundamental right of access to the documents prepared in these activities.

Similarly, transparency is a core principle in data protection. You have the right to know which of your personal data are collected, used, consulted or otherwise processed and to what extent the personal data are or will be processed.

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25
Jan
2013
Factsheets

Factsheet 2 - Transparency in the EU administration: Your right to access documents

The European institutions and bodies make decisions and adopt legislation that affect the lives of all citizens in European Member States. As a citizen you have the right to know why, how and who is involved in making these decisions and laws. Factsheet 4 explains your right of access to the documents prepared in these activities.

Available languages: German, English, French
Further reading
Available languages: German, English, French
Topics
Charter of Fundamental Rights
Regulation 45/2001
Rights of the Individual
Case-law and litigation
CJEU
Transparency
13
Dec
2012
Opinions

Statute and funding of European political parties

Opinion of 13 December 2012 the European Data Protection Supervisor on the Proposal for a Regulation on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations

Available languages: German, English, French
Topics
Regulation 45/2001
Rights of the Individual
Right of Information
Transparency
15
Oct
2012
Formal Comments

Open internet

EDPS comments on DG Connect's public consultation on specific aspects of transparency, traffic management and switching in an open internet

Available languages: German, English, French
Topics
Internet of Things
Electronic Communications, Information Society
Transparency
Surveillance
Tracking
Profiling
9
Oct
2012
Opinions

Financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy (transparency, post-Schecke)

Opinion on the Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 628 final/2 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy

Available languages: German, English, French
Executive Summary
Available languages: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Estonian, Greek, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish
Topics
Rights of the Individual
Right of Information
Transparency