Eleven months have passed since the Commission issued its proposal for the new Regulation governing data protection in the EU institutions and bodies. The EDPS calls for a swift agreement on the new Regulation, so that EU institutions can lead by example in the rules that they apply to themselves as controllers and processors. Read the Statement.
The EU aims to improve the efficiency of its IT databases by making them more interoperable. Read the EDPS Opinion and press release.
DPOs preparing for the implementation of accountability in daily work of EU institutions and bodies. EDPS-DPO meeting in London. Read the blogpost by Wojciech Wiewiórowski.
On 9 October, the EDPS Giovanni Buttarelli has been invited to appear before the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol (JPSG). This first meeting follows the EDPS/Europol Management Board meeting that took place on 3 October 2017. When discussing with MEPs and national DPAs, Giovanni Buttarelli underlined the importance of the supervisory role of the EDPS and the JPSG. Since May 2017 a new chapter has been opened. The EDPS intends to carry on its supervisory activity through three main strategic elements: accountability, cooperation and innovation.
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EDPS recommendations on specific aspects of the proposed ePrivacy Regulation.
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Data protection by design will become a legal obligation under GDPR, read blogpost by Giovanni Buttarelli.
The EU data protection framework is about to change , read blogpost by Giovanni Buttarelli.
