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 European Union European Commission and PIPC conclude adequacy finding for South Korea The European Commissioner, Didier Reynders, and the Chairperson of the PIPC, Yoon Jong, announced, on 30 March 2021, in a joint statement (see below) that the organisations have concluded the adequacy decision findings. The recent amendments to South Korea's data protection law and the strengthening of the...

 European Union Parliament calls for improved implementation and enforcement of the GDPR The European Parliament issued, on 25 March 2021, a statement calling for improved implementation and enforcement of the GDPR. The Parliament noted that implementing and effectively enforcing the GDPR is key but this can only be done if supervisory authorities are provided with sufficient funding. MEPs are...

 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...