Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management

The Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management(CIPPM) is a unique combination of academics, practitioners and industry colleagues committed to an interdisciplinary approach to the governance and application of innovation and creativity. The recognition of intellectual property management as an enterprise skill, and regulatory impact analysis are at the heart of the Centre’s mission.

Founded in 2000, CIPPM has rapidly achieved national and international recognition. Following start-up funding from the Leverhulme Trust, UK Patent Office and HEFCE, projects have been commissioned by the European Commission, European Patent Office, Arts Council, Social Science Research Council (New York), government departments and many commercial clients such as Delphi Automotive, Royal Sun Alliance and Gillette. See research & consultancy.
And research publications.

The Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner Australia

The Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner Australia is an independent Office which has responsibilities under the federal Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
The Act provides protection for:

Personal information about you that is handled by federal and ACT government agencies;
Personal information about you held by all large private sector organisations, all private sector health service providers and some small businesses;
Credit worthiness information held by credit reporting agencies and credit providers; and
Personal tax file numbers used by individuals and organisations.

They have just published the 2004 Review of the Private Sector provisions of the Privacy Act

You can read comments by 125 Australian associations and organizations.

European Data Protection Supervisor

The European Parliament and the Council have enacted Regulation (EC) 45/2001 concerning the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data. This Regulation establishes an independent supervisory authority, called the European Data Protection Supervisor, responsible for monitoring the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies. Besides, each institution has a Data Protection Officer who will cooperate with the EDPS and in particular notify him of certain sensitive data processing operations, such as those relating to health matters and evaluation of staff.

Contrôleur européen de la protection des données

Le Parlement européen et le Conseil ont adopté le règlement (CE) n° 45/2001 relatif à la protection des personnes physiques à l'égard du traitement des données à caractère personnel par les institutions et organes communautaires et à la libre circulation de ces données. Ce règlement institue une autorité de contrôle indépendante, dénommée le contrôleur européen de la protection des données (CEPD), chargée de surveiller le traitement des données à caractère personnel par les institutions et organes communautaires. En outre, chaque institution dispose d'un délégué à la protection des données qui coopère avec le CEPD et l'informe en particulier de certaines opérations de traitement de données sensibles, telles que les données relatives à la santé ou à l'évaluation du personnel.

DataProt and European law

DataProt is a european project, training for trainers in Data Protection.

This tutorial is available in spanish and english, and it's a fun way to know how it works european data protection law.

You can also download this report EUROPEAN UNION DATA PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS A U.S. PERSPECTIVE by Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP.