Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency

This section details initiatives to make government a competitive advantage. It includes analysis and reports of government initiatives, as well as data on accountability and performance measures.

Spotlight issue

7th March 2018 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


GDPR – Office for personal data protection publishes a risk assessment methodology

On 7 February 2018, the Office for Personal Data Protection (the "Office") published a draft methodology for assessing the risk of personal data processing. The risk of processing is a key factor to correctly determine the corresponding obligations of each data controller and processor under the GDPR
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28th February 2018 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


Community law is blurring the differences between the self-employed and proper employees

Broad discussions and the media interest were rekindled when the European Court of Justice handed down its ruling in King vs. Sash Window Workshop Ltd with respect to the status of a self-employed person and paid leave. 
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23rd February 2018 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


TI: The Czech Republic improves scores in CPI for 2017, but the European average is still far ahead, the country faces risks

The International Secretariat of Transparency International (TI) released the Corruption Perceptions Index for 2017 (CPI). The Czech Republic gained a total of 57 points out of 100 and climbed from the 47th place in 2016 to the 42nd place in 2017, a shared position with Spain, Cyprus and Dominica. The average of the European Union (65 points) is still far ahead. The result, rather than showing the onset of a positive trend, reflects the frozen level of corruption perceptions. For real improvement, a few unpopular but simple steps have to be taken, TI says.
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Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic