27th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners: The current geopolitical context, and in particular the war on terrorism, the internet, biometrics, the development of invasive technologies and the appearance of biobanks, make it all the more urgent that we address the issues of basic rights and freedoms, and in particular the right to privacy, and that we uphold these as inviolable principles which should be guaranteed in all modern democratic societies.
In order to confront these challenges, the commissioners have agreed to work towards a recognition of the universal nature of data protection principles.
