Ensuring an adequate level of protection and security of information systems by legal persons, for example in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services in accordance with existing Union legislation on privacy and electronic communication and data protection, forms an essential part of a comprehensive approach to effectively counteracting cybercrime.

Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (4) and Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (5) generally require that the privacy and data protection rights of individuals should be fully respected and adequate technical and organisational security measures should be implement ...[+++]ed for that purpose.

Albania shall harmonise its legislation concerning personal data protection with Community law and other European and international legislation on privacy upon the date of entry into force of this Agreement.

The respondent's reasonable expectation of privacy with respect to the information sought by the Canadian authorities is determined and the action of the Canadian authorities, the issuing of the letter of request, effectively puts the respondent's privacy interests in jeopardy; s. 8 therefore applies to balance the interests of the state and those of the respondent through a judicial preauthorization procedure.

Privacy and security provisions will also be strengthened.

The Commission has successfully resisted this pressure on the grounds that it can only take a position once internal US processes have been completed and once it is clear that Congress's privacy concerns regarding CAPPS II have been met.