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Personal Information Management System

Personal Information Management Systems (or PIMS) are systems that help give individuals more control over their personal data. PIMS allow individuals to manage their personal data in secure, local or online storage systems and share them when and with whom they choose.  Providers of online services and advertisers will need to interact with the PIMS if they plan to process individuals’ data. This can enable a human centric approach to personal information and new business models.

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6
Jun
2025
Formal Comments

Formal comments on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation laying down rules as regards notification of information on certified qualified electronic signature creation devices and certified qualified electronic seal creation devices

EDPS Formal comments on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards notification of information on certified qualified electronic signature creation devices and certified qualified electronic seal creation devices

 

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Personal Information Management System
6
Jun
2025
Formal Comments

EDPS Formal comments on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation as regards the binding of date and time to data and establishing the accuracy of the time sources for the provision of qualified electronic time stamps

EDPS Formal comments on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards the binding of date and time to data and establishing the accuracy of the time sources for the provision of qualified electronic time stamps.

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Personal Information Management System
6
Jan
2021
TechDispatch

TechDispatch #3/2020 - Personal Information Management Systems

Personal Information Management Systems (PIMS) are new products and services that help individuals to have more control over their personal data. PIMS enable individuals themselves to manage and control their online identity.

The PIMS concept offers a new approach in which individuals are the “holders” of their own personal information. PIMS allow individuals to manage their personal data in secure, local or online storage systems and share them when and with whom they choose. Individuals would be able to decide what services can use their data, and what third parties can share them. This allows for a human centric approach to personal data and to new business models, protecting against unlawful tracking and profiling techniques that aim at circumventing key data protection principles.

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Personal Information Management System
20
Oct
2016
Opinions

Personal Information Management Systems

EDPS Opinion on Personal Information Management Systems - Towards more user empowerment in managing and processing personal data.

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Personal Information Management System
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