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European Union Commission opens infringement procedure regarding independence of Belgian DPA The European Commission announced, on 9 June 2021, that it had opened infringement proceedings against Belgium on the independence of its Data Protection Authority. In particular, the Commission highlighted that the Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, had sent a letter in March 2021 which outlined...

European Union Commission adopts new SCCs for exchanges of personal data The European Commission announced, on 4 June 2021, that it had adopted two sets of SCCs, one for use between controllers and processors and one for the transfer of personal data to third countries. The Commission highlighted that the SCCs reflect the requirements under the GDPR and take into account the CJEU judgment...

European Union EDPS launches two investigations following Schrems II judgment The EDPS announced, on 27 May 2021, that it had launched two investigations, one regarding the use of cloud services provided by Amazon Web Services and Microsoft under the Cloud II contracts by EU institutions and one regarding the use of Microsoft Office 365 by the European Commission, following the Schrems II...

CEDPO and its Member Association ASCPD are organising a Live Webinar 3 years of GDPR, 3 hot topics for the DPOs on June 10, 2021 starting 9.00 CEST bringing together important actors and facilitating dialogue between participants. We estimate that more than 500 specialists will participate in the event, from all over Europe. Media partners of the Webinar are dpo-NET.ro – Data Protection Officers...

  European Union Parliament adopts resolutions on data transfers following Schrems II ruling The LIBE Committee of the European Parliament announced, on 20 May 2021, that the European Parliament had adopted, with 541 in favour, 1 against and 151 abstaining, a resolution urging the European Commission to issue guidelines on making data transfers compliant with the CJEU Schrems II decision. The...

European Union LIBE Committee urges Commission to amend UK adequacy decisions The LIBE Committee of the European Parliament announced, on 11 May 2021, that it had passed a draft resolution evaluating the European Commission's approach on the adequacy of the UK's data protection regime. The resolution urges the Commission to amend its adequacy decisions to bring them in line with EU court rulings...