Data Protection and Privacy News

During its latest plenary session, the EDPB adopted a dispute resolution decision on the basis of Art. 65 GDPR. The binding decision seeks to address the lack of consensus on certain aspects of a draft decision issued by the Irish (IE) SA as lead supervisory authority (LSA) regarding WhatsApp […]

“Schengen evaluations”: individuals’ fundamental rights are a priority julia Wed, 07/28/2021 - 10:41 Wed, 07/28/2021 - 12:00 Read Press Release Read Opinion   0

During the July 7th plenary, the EDPB adopted the following documents: Guidelines on Codes of Conduct as a tool for transfers Guidelines on Virtual Voice Assistants (following public consultation) Guidelines on the concepts of Controller and Processor (following public consultation) EDPB response […]

The EDPB adopted its first urgent binding decision pursuant to Art. 66(2) GDPR following a request from the Hamburg supervisory authority (DE-HH SA), after the SA had adopted provisional measures towards Facebook Ireland Ltd (Facebook IE) on the basis of Art. 66 (1) GDPR. The DE-HH SA ordered a ban […]

An Orwellian Premonition: a discussion on the perils of biometric surveillance taline Wed, 07/14/2021 - 09:29 Wed, 07/14/2021 - 12:00 EDPS and EDPB trainees explore possible implications stemming from the Commission's Proposal on Artificial […]

Is the future of privacy synthetic? julia Wed, 07/14/2021 - 08:52 Wed, 07/14/2021 - 12:00 Read blogpost 0

During its June plenary, the EDPB adopted the following documents: Recommendations on supplementary measures (following public consultation) EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence Letter to EU Institutions on a possible […]

During its plenary session, the EDPB adopted Guidelines on Codes of Conduct (CoCs) as a tool for transfers. The main purpose of the guidelines is to clarify the application of articles 40 (3) and 46 (2) (e) of the GDPR. These provisions stipulate that once approved by a competent SA and after […]

Opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets francesco Thu, 06/24/2021 - 15:51 Thu, 06/24/2021 - 12:00 Read Opinion 0

Newsletter 87 julia Thu, 06/24/2021 - 14:27 Wed, 06/30/2021 - 12:00 Our latest newsletter edition is out now! 0

The EDPB and EDPS have adopted a joint opinion on the European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (AI).  The EDPB and the EDPS strongly welcome the aim of addressing the use of AI systems within the European Union, including the use of […]

During its plenary session, the EDPB adopted a final version of the Recommendations on supplementary measures following public consultation. The Recommendations were first adopted in November 2020 following the CJEU Schrems II ruling. They aim to assist controllers and processors acting as data […]

EDPB & EDPS call for ban on use of AI for automated recognition of human features in publicly accessible spaces, and some other uses of AI that can lead to unfair discrimination julia Mon, 06/21/2021 - 13:08 Mon, 06/21/2021 - 12:00 Read […]

Case Law Digest 2021: Transfers of personal data to third countries francesco Thu, 06/10/2021 - 09:17 Thu, 06/10/2021 - 12:00 EDPS Case Law Digest from Lindqvist to Schrems II 1 Read digest

DPOs - EDPS 49th meeting: a menu of workshops and exchanges on current data protection issues julia Fri, 06/04/2021 - 09:32 Fri, 06/04/2021 - 12:00 Read Blogpost 0

Today, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) presented its Annual Report 2020. The report provides a detailed overview of the work carried out by the EDPB in a year marked by the worldwide pandemic. EDPB Chair, Andrea Jelinek said: "2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered how we […]

What to expect when we inspect - Data protection audits explained agnieszka Wed, 06/02/2021 - 11:40 Wed, 06/02/2021 - 12:00 EDPS factsheets on data protection audits 1 Read factsheets

EDPS statement on EPPO becoming operational julia Tue, 06/01/2021 - 10:00 Tue, 06/01/2021 - 12:00 Read Press Statement 0

During its May plenary, the EDPB adopted the following documents:  Opinion 16/2021 on the draft decision of the Belgian Supervisory Authority regarding the “EU Data Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers” submitted by Scope Europe Opinion 17/2021 on the draft decision of the […]

During its plenary session, the EDPB adopted two Art. 64 GDPR opinions on the first draft decisions on transnational1 Codes of Conduct (Codes) presented to the Board by the Belgian and French supervisory authorities (SAs). In particular, the Belgian SA's draft decision concerns the EU CLOUD Code […]