Multi-Country. The Regulation of Commercial Profiling – A Comparative Analysis

Indra Spiecker Döhmann (1) , Olivia Tambou (2) , Paul Bernal (3) , Margaret Hu , Carlos Alberto Molinaro (4) , Elsa Negre (5) , Ingo Wolfgang Sarlet (4) , Laura Schertel Mendes (6) , Normann Witzleb (7) , Florian Yger (5)

1 Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
2 Cr2D - Centre de recherche Droit Dauphine
3 UEA - University of East Anglia [Norwich]
4 PUC-RS - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul [Brasil] = Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil] = Université catholique pontificale de Rio Grande do Sul [Brésil]
5 LAMSADE - Laboratoire d'analyse et modélisation de systèmes pour l'aide à la décision
6 UnB - Universidade de Brasilia [Brasília]
7 Monash University [Clayton]

The authors, all data protection experts, discuss the status of the relevant data protection regulatory framework on profiling in the business sector in several countriesworldwide, from the constitutional level to some individual regulation including the general attitude towards the topic. The EU perspective is presented on the basis of the present directives as well as the General Data Protection Regulation. The United Kingdom, Germany and France, as three of the largest EU Member States with partly highly differing regulatory approaches represent Member State law. Australia, Brazil and the US regulation exemplify the different integration of data protectionstandards and different models of approaching profiling in the globalised IT world.

Mots clés: Commercial Profiling; European Data protection Law

Mots clés: Profilage commercial; Règlement Général de la Protection des Données

Domaines: Droit

Indra Spiecker Döhmann, Olivia Tambou, Paul Bernal, Margaret Hu, Carlos Alberto Molinaro, et al.. Multi-Country. The Regulation of Commercial Profiling – A Comparative Analysis. European Data Protection Law Review, 2016, 2 (4), pp.535-554. ⟨10.21552/EDPL/2016/4/12⟩. ⟨hal-01522818⟩