NEWS

 European Union EDPB publishes 2021-2022 working program The EDPB published, on 16 March 2021, its working program for 2021 and 2022. It outlined its main priorities for 2021 and 2022, which include the adoption of guidelines and recommendations in relation to facilitated compliance with the GDPR, effective enforcement and cooperation of national supervisory authorities, the adoption of a...

CEDPO hat participated in the recent EDPB consultation on Guidelines 01/2021 on Examples regarding Data Breach Notification. According to CEDPO's member associations, a high degree of uncertainty exists, if a personal data breach is subject to a notification obligation towards supervisory authorities or the data subject. Based on a survey among member associations, more examples of breaches were...

 European Union European Commission publishes draft UK adequacy decision The European Commission launched, on 19 February 2021, the process towards the adoption of two adequacy decisions for the transfers of personal data to the UK, one under the GDPR and the other under the Data Protection Directive with Respect to the Law Enforcement Directive. The Commission highlighted that it has assessed...

 European Union Council agrees position on ePrivacy Regulation, final text to be agreed with Parliament The Council of the European Union announced, on 10 February 2021, that its Member States had agreed on a negotiating mandate for the revised rules on the protection of privacy and confidentiality in the use of electronic communications services. The Council noted that further to this...

 European Union LIBE Committee calls on Commission to begin infringement proceedings against DPC for GDPR enforcement failures The Irish Council for Civil Liberties announced, on 4 February 2021, that the EU LIBE Committee has prepared a draft motion for resolution, calling the European Commission to begin infringement proceedings against the Irish Data Protection Commission for failing to...

National Authorities  DPA publishes recommendations for data cleansing and record destruction The Belgian DPA released, on 27 January 2021, recommendations for data controllers on data cleansing and the destruction of records. The recommendations aim to aid data controllers in the prevention of non-authorised access to personal data contained within such records and to ensure the privacy of...