Working Party on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data

- set up by Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 ,

- having regard to Articles 29 and 30, paragraph 3 of that Directive,

- having regard to its Rules of Procedure, in particular to articles 12 and 14 thereof,

has adopted the following recommendation:

The Working Party at its 8th meeting in Brussels on 3 December 1997 takes note of the Report and Guidance by the International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications ("Budapest - Berlin Memorandum on Data Protection and Privacy on the Internet");

Considers that this initiative might contribute to the improvement of the protection of fundamental rights of individuals, in particular their privacy, on a worldwide basis.