(2)
The Commission may find that a third country ensures an adequate level of protection. In that case, personal data may be transferred from the Member States without additional guarantees being necessary.
(11)
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 Privacy Commissioner, who is endowed with the kinds of powers set out in Article 28 of Directive 95/46/EC, and who acts independently. Moreover, any interested party is entitled to seek judicial redress for compensation for damages suffered as a result of the unlawful processing of his personal data.
1. Member States shall inform the Commission without delay when measures are adopted on the basis of Article 2.
2. The Member States and the Commission shall inform each other of cases where the action of bodies responsible for ensuring compliance with the standards of protection in New Zealand fails to ensure such compliance.
3. Where information gathered under Article 2(1) and under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article provides evidence that any body responsible for ensuring compliance with the standards of protection in New Zealand is not effectively fulfilling its role, the Commission shall inform the competent New Zealand authority and, if necessary, present draft measures in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 31(2) of Directive 95/46/EC with a view to repealing or suspending this Decision or limiting its scope.
The Commission shall monitor the functioning of this Decision and report any pertinent findings to the Committee established under Article 31 of Directive 95/46/EC, including any evidence that could affect the finding in Article 1 of this Decision, that protection in New Zealand is adequate within the meaning of Article 25 of Directive 95/46/EC and any evidence that this Decision is being implemented in a discriminatory manner.
For the Commission
Viviane REDING
Vice-President
(1) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.
(2) Opinion 11/2011 dated 4 April 2011 on the level of protection of personal data in New Zealand. Available at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/documentation/opinion-recommendation/files/2011/wp182_en.pdf
ANNEX
Competent supervisory authority referred to in Article 1(2) of this Decision:
Privacy Commissioner:
Te Mana Matapono Matatapu
Level 4
109-111 Featherston Street
Wellington 6143
New Zealand
Tel: +64-4-474 7590
Contact e-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://privacy.org.nz/
