Statistical Supervisory Committee
The Sectoral Committees are dependent on the Commission and were created to
provide an expert answer to questions concerning very specialized matters.
The Statistical Supervisory Committee supervises the disclosure of encoded
research data to third parties by the General Direction for Statistics and
Economic Information, as well as the use of these data by third parties.
Authorizations, opinions and recommendations
The Privacy Law describes with great precision how and in which circumstances personal data may be processed or disclosed. Some processing operations are so delicate, however, that they are only possible with specific authorization.
Moreover, the Law on Statistics very precisely describes the conditions for disclosure of encoded research data by the General Direction for Statistics and Economic Information. This is possible for statistical or scientific research, for example.
The Statistical Supervisory Committee will examine the request in detail and weigh the citizen's interests before it grants authorization (permission) or refuses to do so.
It will also make recommendations about the protection of privacy when statistical data are used.
In specific cases the Statistical Supervisory Committee will also issue an opinion on new regulations.
