On November 7, 2019, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) [i] issued the Guidelines on the concepts of controller, processor and joint controllership under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 (“Guidelines”). As a background, Regulation (EU) 2018/1725[ii] (“Regulation”) applies to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. The Guidelines aim at providing […]
On October 31, 2019, the UK Data Protection Authority, the Information Commissioner Officer (ICO), published an opinion on live facial recognition (“LFR”) by enforcement authorities: The use of live facial recognition technology by law enforcement in public places (“Opinion”) The ICO points out that a statutory and binding code of practice issued by government, modelled on […]
On July 10, 2019, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted Guidelines 3/2019 on processing of personal data through video devices. Objective of the guidelines is to provide guidance on how to apply the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR, in relation to the processing of personal data through video devices. The Guidelines provide several […]
Finalised GDPR Guidelines – Guidelines on Data Protection Officers (DPO), more here; – Guidelines on the right to data portability, more here; – Guidelines for identifying a controller or processor’s Lead Supervisory Authority, more here; – Guidelines on Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and determining whether processing is “likely to result in a high risk”, […]
The UK Data Protection Regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), published yesterday new guidance on conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The guidance follows earlier guidance from the Article 29 Working Party (WP29). This note uses some technical data protection terms which are explained in our Glossary here. […]
As announced (see here), on October 3, 2017, the Article 29 Working Party(WP29) published its Guidelines on the application and setting of administrative fines for the purposes of the Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR). Once a GDPR infringement is established, the competent supervisory authority (Article 5 1 GDPR) must identify the most appropriate corrective measure(s) to address the […]
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR). Regulation (EU) 2016/679, repeals Directive 95/46/EC and expands on […]
On June 8, 2017, Working Party 29 (WP29) issued Opinion 2/2017 on data processing at work, which makes a “new assessment of the balance between legitimate interests of employers and the reasonable privacy expectations of employees” also considering the new challenges to data protection created by new technologies. Opinion 2/2017 updates previousOpinion 08/2001 on the processing […]
In its plenary meeting held in April 2017, Working Party 29 (WP29) examined certain critical matters regarding the implementation of Regulation 2016/679, the s.c. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Among other documents, WP29 also adopted Guidelines on Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), wp248, which will be open for public consultation for 6 weeks before their […]
Thanking CORDERY, we gladly publish the EU Data Protection – glossary (originally published by Cordery at http://www.corderycompliance.com/eu-data-protection-regulation-glossary/) We’ve put together this glossary to help explain some of the terms used in data protection and in the GDPR. If there’s a term you think we should add let us know. Agencia de Proteccción de Datos = the Spanish […]