Press releases 2009

EDPS sees advantages of new Agency for large-scale IT systems, but urges the legislator to better define its scope of activities

ePrivacy Directive close to enactment: improvements on security breach, cookies and enforcement, and more to come

Stakeholders discuss how to respond to data breaches at EDPS-ENISA seminar (Brussels, 23 October 2009)

Law enforcement access to EURODAC: EDPS expresses serious doubts about the legitimacy and necessity of proposed measures

EDPS Annual Report 2008: first mandate concludes with substantial progress in data protection compliance

Intelligent Transport Systems in road transport: "lack of clarity may lead to different levels of data protection in Europe" warns EDPS

Area of freedom, security and justice: EDPS calls for strong emphasis on fundamental rights in future Stockholm Programme

Eurodac: how to better ensure asylum seekers' rights in practice? Supervision Group issues second inspection report

Data protection compliance in the EU administration: EDPS reports overall good progress and will step up verification in practice

EDPS welcomes 500th prior-check notification and introduces online public register of notifications for greater transparency

EDPS: European Parliament reaches correct balance between transparency and data protection

Organs donation and transplantation: EDPS calls for enhanced security measures at national and cross-border levels

Revision of EURODAC and Dublin Regulations: EDPS welcomes attention devoted to data protection and other fundamental rights

EDPS second Opinion on ePrivacy Directive review and security breach: privacy safeguards need to be strenghtened