The legal standards for the protection of personal data in the State of Israel are largely based on the standards set out in Directive 95/46/EC and are laid down in the Privacy Protection Act 5741-1981, lastly amended in 2007 in order to establish new processing requirements for personal data and the detailed organization of the supervisory authority.

That data protection legislation is further complemented by governmental decisions on the implementation of the Privacy Protection Act 5741-1981 and on the organisation and functioning of the supervisory authority, largely based upon recommendations formulated in the Report to the Ministry of Justice by the Committee for the Examination of Legislation relating to Databases (Schoffman Report).

The application of the legal data protection standards is guaranteed by administrative and judicial remedies and by independent supervision carried out by the supervisory authority, the Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority (ILITA), which is invested with powers of investigation and intervention, and which acts completely independently.

Viviane REDING

Vice-President

(1) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.

(2) Document WP114 of 25 November 2005. Available at http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/privacy/docs/wpdocs/2005/wp114_en.pdf

(3) Opinion 6/2009/EC on the level of protection of personal data in Israel. Available at http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/privacy/docs/wpdocs/2009/wp165_en.pdf

ANNEX

Competent supervisory authority referred to in Article 1(2) of this Decision:

The Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority

The Government Campus

9th floor

125 Begin Rd

Tel Aviv

Israel

Mailing address:

PO Box 7360

Tel Aviv, 61072

Tel. + 972-3-7634050

Fax + 972-2-6467064

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: http://www.justice.gov.il/MOJEng/RashutTech/default.htm