Acronyms and abbreviations
Acronym/
abbreviation
Name
English translation
AIVD
Algemene Inlichtingen en Veiligheidsdienst
General Intelligence and Security Service
(the Netherlands)
BND
Bundesnachrichtendienst
Federal Intelligence Service (Germany)
BNDG
Bundesnachrichtendienst Gesetz
Law on the Federal Intelligence Service (Germany)
CIVD
German Federal Intelligence Service
CJEU
Court of Justice of the European Union
CNCTR
CNIL
Commission nationale de contrôle des services de
renseignement
Commission nationale de l’informatique et des
libertés
National Commission of Control of the
Intelligence Techniques (France)
French Data Protection Authority
COPASIR
Comitato parlamentare per la sicurezza della
Repubblica
CTIVD
De Commissie van Toezicht op de Inlichtingen- en
Veiligheidsdiensten
Parliamentary Committee for the Intelligence
and Security Services and for State Secret
Control (Italy)
Oversight Committee for the Intelligence and
Security Services (the Netherlands)
DGSE
Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure
General Directorate for External Security (France)
DPA
Data Protection Authority
ECHR
European Convention on Human Rights
ECtHR
European Court of Human Rights
FDN
French Data Network
GCHQ
Government Communications Headquarters
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
GISS
IOCCO
General Intelligence and Security Service
(Belgium)
Interception of Communications Commissioners
Office
IPA
Investigatory Powers Act
IPC
Investigatory Powers Commissioner
IPT
Investigatory Powers Tribunal
ISC
Internet Systems Consortium
NCND
Neither confirm nor deny
OCAM
Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis
PKGr
Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium
Parliamentary Control Panel (Germany)
PKGrG
Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium Gesetz
Parliamentary Control Panel Act (Germany)
PNR
Passenger Name Records
QPC
Question prioritaire de constitutionnalité
RIPA
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
SIGINT
Signals Intelligence
SIN
Commission on Security and Integrity Protection
SIS
The State Inspection for Defence Intelligence
Operations (Sweden)
SSEUR
Secret Intelligence Service
Statens Inspektion för
försvarsunderrättelseverksamheten
Signals Intelligence Seniors Europe
TET
Tilsynet med Efterretningstjenesterne
Danish Intelligence Oversight Board
SIUN
Priority preliminary ruling on the issue of
constitutionality (France)
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