requirements, as well as with all applicable laws. Such cross-border privacy rules should
adhere to the APEC Privacy Principles.
47. To give effect to such cross-border privacy rules, Member Economies will endeavor
to work with appropriate stakeholders to develop frameworks or mechanisms for the mutual
recognition or acceptance of such cross-border privacy rules between and among the
economies.
48. Member Economies should endeavor to ensure that such cross-border privacy rules
and recognition or acceptance mechanisms facilitate responsible and accountable crossborder data transfers and effective privacy protections without creating unnecessary barriers
to cross-border information flows, including unnecessary administrative and bureaucratic
burdens for businesses and consumers.
Within the ECOWAS Privacy Framework, article 36 provides particular provisions for the transfer of personal data to a non-member ECOWAS country:
1) The data controller shall transfer personal data to a non-member ECOWAS country only
where such a country provides an adequate level of protection for privacy, freedoms and
the fundamental rights of individuals in relation to the processing or possible processing
of such data.
2) The data controller shall inform the Data Protection Authority prior to any transfer of
personal data to such a third country.
Acknowledgments The author would like to thank the ABIDA research team (ITM/Münster)
including Charlotte Röttgen, Max von Schönfeld, Andreas Börding, Nicolai Culik, Steffen Uphues,
Christian Döpke & Tim Jülicher for their efforts in drafting the paper.
References
Bennett C, Raab C (2006) The governance of privacy. MIT Press, Cambridge
Burkert H (2003) In: Roßnagel A (ed) Handbuch Datenschutzrecht, vol 1. C.H. Beck, Munich
Corley M (2016) The need for an International Convention on Data Privacy: taking a cue from the
CISG. Brooklyn J Int Law 41:720
De Hert P, Papakonstantinou V (2013) Three scenarios for International Governance of Data
Privacy: towards an International Data Privacy Organization, preferably a UN Agency? J Law
Policy Inf Soc 9:271
Raab C, Koops B-J (2009) Privacy actors, performances and the future of privacy protection. In:
Gutwirth S, Poullet Y, De Hert P, de Terwangne C, Nouwt S (eds) Reinventing data protection?
Springer, Amsterdam
Rotenberg M (2017) Urgent mandate, unhurried response: an evaluation of the UN Special
Rapporteur on the right to privacy. Eur Data Protect Law Rev 3:47
Weber M (2017) Protection for privacy under the United Nations Convention on the rights of
persons with disabilities. Laws 6:10
Yilma K (2018) The United Nations Data Privacy System and its limits. Int Rev Law Comput
Technol 32(1):2
UN Regulations
543
adhere to the APEC Privacy Principles.
47. To give effect to such cross-border privacy rules, Member Economies will endeavor
to work with appropriate stakeholders to develop frameworks or mechanisms for the mutual
recognition or acceptance of such cross-border privacy rules between and among the
economies.
48. Member Economies should endeavor to ensure that such cross-border privacy rules
and recognition or acceptance mechanisms facilitate responsible and accountable crossborder data transfers and effective privacy protections without creating unnecessary barriers
to cross-border information flows, including unnecessary administrative and bureaucratic
burdens for businesses and consumers.
Within the ECOWAS Privacy Framework, article 36 provides particular provisions for the transfer of personal data to a non-member ECOWAS country:
1) The data controller shall transfer personal data to a non-member ECOWAS country only
where such a country provides an adequate level of protection for privacy, freedoms and
the fundamental rights of individuals in relation to the processing or possible processing
of such data.
2) The data controller shall inform the Data Protection Authority prior to any transfer of
personal data to such a third country.
Acknowledgments The author would like to thank the ABIDA research team (ITM/Münster)
including Charlotte Röttgen, Max von Schönfeld, Andreas Börding, Nicolai Culik, Steffen Uphues,
Christian Döpke & Tim Jülicher for their efforts in drafting the paper.
References
Bennett C, Raab C (2006) The governance of privacy. MIT Press, Cambridge
Burkert H (2003) In: Roßnagel A (ed) Handbuch Datenschutzrecht, vol 1. C.H. Beck, Munich
Corley M (2016) The need for an International Convention on Data Privacy: taking a cue from the
CISG. Brooklyn J Int Law 41:720
De Hert P, Papakonstantinou V (2013) Three scenarios for International Governance of Data
Privacy: towards an International Data Privacy Organization, preferably a UN Agency? J Law
Policy Inf Soc 9:271
Raab C, Koops B-J (2009) Privacy actors, performances and the future of privacy protection. In:
Gutwirth S, Poullet Y, De Hert P, de Terwangne C, Nouwt S (eds) Reinventing data protection?
Springer, Amsterdam
Rotenberg M (2017) Urgent mandate, unhurried response: an evaluation of the UN Special
Rapporteur on the right to privacy. Eur Data Protect Law Rev 3:47
Weber M (2017) Protection for privacy under the United Nations Convention on the rights of
persons with disabilities. Laws 6:10
Yilma K (2018) The United Nations Data Privacy System and its limits. Int Rev Law Comput
Technol 32(1):2
UN Regulations
543
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