Article 29 Working Party Issues New Guidelines For Binding Corporate Rules

The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) has published updated guidelines on Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) to reflect the requirements set out in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The two documents, which replace previous WP29 working papers (WP 153 and WP 195) and remain open for public consultation until January 17, 2018, are:

1. Working Document setting up a table with the elements and principles to be found in Binding Corporate Rules (WP 256)
   
   
2. Working Document setting up a table with the elements and principles to be found in Processor Binding Corporate Rules (WP 257)
   
   

The two documents include tables setting out the elements and principles to be included in controller BCRs and processor BCRs. These tables have been amended specifically to: