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General Data Protection Regulation

Following many years of intense political debate on data protection in the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will finally become law across the EU in May 2018 and is designed to be the cornerstone of data protection in Europe. It sets out directly applicable rules on the rights of data subjects, the duties of those organisations that demand the processing of personal data and those that do the processing (data controllers and processors), international data transfers and the powers of supervisory authorities.

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15
Jan
2013

The Reform of EU Data Protection: towards more effective and more consistent data protection across the EU

Article by Peter Hustinx based on a lecture delivered at the 5th Swiss Data Protection Law Day on 15 June 2012 at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Published in: Astrid Epiney /Tobias Fasnacht (Hrsg./ed.), "Die Entwicklung der europarechtlichen Vorgaben im Bereich des Datenschutzes und Implikationen für die Schweiz" / "Le développement du droit européen en matière de protection des données et ses implications pour la Suisse", Zürich 2012, p. 15-21.

Available languages: German, English, French
10
Jan
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

Available languages: English
9
Jan
2013

EU Data Protection Law - Current State and Future Perspectives

Speech of Peter Hustinx given at the High Level Conference: "Ethical Dimensions of Data Protection and Privacy", Centre for Ethics, University of Tartu / Data Protection Inspectorate, Tallinn

Available languages: German, English, French
16
Nov
2012

Cloud Computing in Europe

Opinion on the Commission's Communication on "Unleashing the potential of Cloud Computing in Europe"

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Available languages: German, English, French