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Privacy in the EU Institutions

Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 lays down the data protection obligations for the EU institutions, bodies and agencies when they process personal data and develop new policies. This regulation also defines the obligations of the EDPS, including his role as an independent supervisory authority of EU institutions and bodies when they process personal data, and to advise on policies and legislation which affect privacy and cooperate with similar authorities to ensure consistent data protection.

 

 

 

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2007
Opinions Prior Check and Prior Consultations

Early Warning System EWS - Parliament

Opinion of 16 July 2007 on the notification for prior checking regarding the "Early Warning System (EWS)" dossier (Case 2007-147)

The Early Warning System (EWS) mainly circulates confidential information on third parties (natural or legal persons) among the various departments of the Parliament. That information concerns beneficiaries of Community funds who have committed fraud, administrative errors or irregularities and also beneficiaries that threaten the financial interests of the European Community. The information may also concern natural persons with powers of representation, action or supervision over legal persons.
 
The EWS was the subject of a very detailed Commission Decision. Some of the institutions have done no more than exchange information using the Commission's EWS database. The European Parliament's services, though, decided to draw on the Commission's Decision in creating a system of their own, which is currently being set up. Some warnings established by the Commission are simply provided for by the Parliament. The EDPS has already issued a number of opinions concerning the EWS: on the Commission's EWS, an opinion on the proposed revision of the FR and its implementing rules, and finally an opinion on the use of the Commission's EWS database by the Court of Justice.

The main recommendations made by the EDPS in his opinion on the Parliament's EWS concern data quality, the setting up of personal files for all persons with whom the Parliament has contractual relationships, so that data on them can be kept up to date, rights of access and rectification, and informing the data subjects.

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