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02 May 2013

EDPS Supervision and Enforcement activities - watch our video!

30 April 2013

Newsletter 37

30 April 2013

Read our opinion on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council entitled 'Strengthening law enforcement cooperation in the EU: the European Information Exchange Model (EIXM)'

24 April 2013

Read the speech of Giovanni Buttarelli delivered at the conference on "The future of the regulation of personal data in Europe: A French-Italian dialogue" in Paris

18 April 2013

Visit our stand and chat with us at EU Open Day on 4 May!

News

EU Data Protection Reform

EDPS

Additional EDPS Comments on the Data Protection Reform Package , 15 March 2013
EDPS letter to Mr Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Chair of the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament concerning the additional EDPS Comments on the Data Protection Reform Package, 15 March 2013
" Presentation of the Reports on the draft General Data Protection Regulation and on the draft Directive on the processing of data for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences ", speaking notes of Giovanni Buttarelli, Meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament, Brussels, 10 January 2013
" The Relationship between the proposed Data Protection Regulation and the e-Privacy Directive ", speech delivered by Peter Hustinx at the GSMA-ETNO seminar Brussels, 16 October 2012
" Implementation of Data Protection law - Ensuring consistency and efficiency ", speech delivered by Peter at the Inter-parliamentary Committee Meeting: "The Reform of the EU Data Protection framework - Building trust in a digital and global world", European Parliament, Brussels, 10 October 2012
" Towards More Effective and Consistent Data Protection across the EU ", speech delivered by Peter Hustinx during the "Datenschutz und Datensicherheit" Conference, Berlin, 18 June 2012
" Scope and principles ", speech delivered by Peter Hustinx at LIBE workshop on the proposed Data Protection Regulation panel, European Parliament, Brussels, 29 May 2012
EDPS Opinion on the data protection reform package , 7 March 2012
EDPS applauds strengthening of the right to data protection in Europe, but still regrets the lack of comprehensiveness . Press release of 7 March 2012
"Review of the EU Framework for Data Protection - the current state of play", speech and video message of Peter Hustinx at the occasion of the Conference - 'Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law: Australasian and EU perspectives', Monash University, Melbourne, 24 February 2012
EDPS welcomes a "huge step forward for data protection in Europe", but regrets inadequate rules for the police and justice area. Press release of 25 January 2012
Data Protection Reform Strategy: EDPS sets out his vision for the new framework. Press release, 18 January 2011
EDPS Opinion on the Communication from the Commission on "A comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union", 14 January 2011

European Commission

The Proposed General Data Protection Regulation: The Consistency Mechanism Explained - 6 February 2013
" The overhaul of EU rules on data protection: making the single market work for business ", speech delivered by Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission at the 3rd Annual European Data Protection and Privacy Conference, Brussels, 4 December 2012
Comparative table: Commission proposal for a General Data Protection Regulation - 1995 Data Protection Directive (first 21 Articles), 9 March 2012
Commission proposes a comprehensive reform of the data protection rules, 25 January 2012
Preparing the data protection reform: extensive consultations
Commission adopts a strategic Communication on a comprehensive strategy on data protection in the European Union, 4 November 2010

European Parliament

IMCO Opinion on the General Data Protection Regulation - 28 January 2013
DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individual with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) - 16 January 2013, Jan Philipp ALBRECHT
JURI draft opinion on the Proposed Directive (2012/0010(COD)) - 4 January 2013
Study of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) on the Data Protection Review: Impact on EU Innovation and Competitiveness - 1 December 2012
EMPL draft opinion on the General Data Protection Regulation (2012/0011(COD)) - 9 November 2012
ITRE draft opinion on the General Data Protection Regulation - (2012/0011(COD)) 8 November 2012
JURI draft opinion on the General Data Protection Regulation (2012/0011(COD)) - 18 October 2012
IMCO draft opinion on the General Data Protection Regulation (2012/0011(COD)) - 25 September 2012
Reforming the Data Protection Package, Study by the Directorate General for internal policies on economic and scientific policy - 21 September 2012
European Parliament resolution on a comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union (2011/2025(INI)) - 6 July 2011
Report on a comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union (2011/2025(INI)) - 22 June 2011
Data Protection Regulation Calendar
Procedure File (Directive) (2012/0011(COD))
Procedure File (Regulation) (2012/0011(COD))
LIBE - All documents on the data protection reform (including the Proposals, Working Documents and reasoned opinions, contributions and replies on questionnaires by the Member States)
DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and the free movement of such data - 20 December 2012, Dimitrios DROUTSAS