Glossary Anonymization The removal of personal identifiers so that information no longer identifies a living individual. Article 29 Working Party An independent body with advisory status that is constituted under Article 29 of the Data Protection Directive. It is com posed of representatives of the national supervisory authorities for data protection and European Community (EC) officials. Its duties require it to examine the operation of the Data Protection Directive and to provide opinions and advice to the European Commission. Binding Corporate Rules A scheme approved by a Decision of the European Commission for making lawful the transfer of personal information within a group of companies, covering the situation where information is trans ferred from a company situated within the European Economic Area (EEA) to a company situated in a country outside of the EEA. Blagging A colloquialism for the unlawful obtaining of personal informa tion by a person who conceals their true identity by pretending to be a person with a lawful entitlement to the information sought. Bluetooth technologies Bluetooth is a an industrial specification for wire less personal area networks, used to connect Bluetooth enabled devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile telephones and laptop computers. Convergence The term given to the harmonization in 2002 of EC laws reg ulating communications by telecommunications, internet and broadcast ing media. Council of Europe An intergovernmental human rights organization that was founded after the Second World War, now with 46 Member States. Council of Europe Data Protection Convention 1981 The first and only European treaty on data protection. Data For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998, (i) information that is being processed by automated equipment; (ii) information that is recor ded with the intention that it will be processed by automated equipment; (iii) information that is recorded as part of a relevant filing system or with xix