Jusletter

The application of privacy enhancing technologies (PET) in different countries has proven that PET is a suitable tool for achieving advanced types of information exchange within legal privacy constraints and that it can be applied in all central databases, connected back-offices, clearing houses, information supply chains and local databases. However in order to achieve mass application and scalability of PET in information systems, the privacy principles as applied in the EU privacy protection directives and Fair Information Practices need to be standardized. This article points out the need for privacy standards, the consequences of the Wroclaw resolution adopted at the 26th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, the necessity for a legal entity representing the privacy commissioners at the ISO level and the necessary steps to achieve a worldwide privacy standard in order to realize within a relatively short time for all world citizens a worldwide working built-in and preventive personal data protection.