“The member States of the Council of Europe, and the other signatories hereto,”
2.The third recital of the preamble of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:“Considering that it is necessary to secure the human dignity and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of every individual and, given the diversification, intensification and globalisation of data processing and personal data flows, personal autonomy based on a person’s right to control his or her personal data and the processing of such data;”
3.The fourth recital of the preamble of the Convention shall be replaced by the following:“Recalling that the right to protection of personal data is to be considered in respect of its role in society and that it has to be reconciled with other human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression;”
4.The following recital shall be added after the fourth recital of the preamble of the Convention:“Considering that this Convention permits account to be taken, in the implementation of the rules laid down therein, of the principle of the right of access to official documents;”
5.The fifth recital of the preamble of the Convention shall be deleted. New fifth and sixth recitals shall be added, which read as follows:“Recognising that it is necessary to promote at the global level the fundamental values of respect for privacy and protection of personal data, thereby contributing to the free flow of information between people;”
“Recognising the interest of a reinforcement of international co-operation between the Parties to the Convention,”
