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Guidelines 4/2019 on Article 25 Data Protection by Design and by Default Version 2.0 Adopted on 20 October 2020

Guidelines on data protection by design and by default

Guidelines 05/2022 on the use of facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement

Guidelines on the use of facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement

More and more law enforcement authorities (LEAs) apply or intend to apply facial recognition technology (FRT). It may be used to authenticate or to identify a person and can be applied on videos (e.g. CCTV) or photographs. It may be used for various purposes, including to search for persons in police watch lists or to monitor a person's movements in the public space. FRT is built on the processing of biometric data , therefore, it encompasses the processing of special categories ...

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Guidelines on articles 46 (2) (a) and 46 (3) (b) of Regulation 2016/679 for transfers of personal data between EEA and non-EEA public authorities and bodies

ARTICLE 29 DATA PROTECTION WORKING PARTY

Guidelines on transparency

Guidelines 06/2022 on the practical implementation of amicable settlements

Guidelines on the processing of personal data under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR in the context of the provision of online services to data subjects

Richtsnoeren 3/2022 betreffende het herkennen en vermijden van misleidende ontwerppatronen in de interfaces van socialemediaplatforms

guidelines misleidende ontwerppatronen

Deze richtsnoeren bieden praktische aanbevelingen aan aanbieders van sociale media als verwerkingsverantwoordelijken van sociale media, ontwerpers en gebruikers van socialemediaplatforms, over het beoordelen en vermijden van zogenaamde 'misleidende ontwerp patronen' in de interfaces van sociale media die inbreuk maken op de vereisten van de AVG. Daartoe beveelt de EDPB aan dat verwerkingsverantwoordelijken gebruikmaken van interdisciplinaire teams, bestaande uit onder meer ontwerpers, func...

Guidelines 02/2021 on virtual voice assistants

Guidelines on virtual voice assistants

A virtual voice assistant (VVA) is a service that understands voice commands and executes them or mediates with other IT systems if needed. VVAs are currently available on most smartphones and tablets, traditional computers, and, in the latest years, even standalone devices like smart speakers. VVAs act as interface between users and their computing devices and online services such as search engines or online shops. Due to their role, VVAs have access to a huge amount of personal...

Richtsnoeren 01/2020 inzake de verwerking van persoonsgegevens in het kader van verbonden voertuigen en mobiliteitsgerelateerde toepassingen

guidelines connected vehicles

Guidelines 1/2020 on processing personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications

Guidelines on processing of personal data through video devices

Guidelines 03/2021 on the application of Article 65(1)(a) GDPR

Guidelines on the application of Article 60 GDPR

Richtsnoeren 02/2022 voor de toepassing van artikel 60 AVG

guidelines voor de toepassing van artikel 60 AVG

Een van de belangrijkste innovaties bij de invoering van de AVG was de introductie van het concept 'één-loketmechanisme'. In gevallen van grensoverschrijdende verwerking is de toezichthoudende autoriteit in de lidstaat van de hoofdvestiging van de verwerkingsverantwoordelijke of verwerker de autoriteit die leidinggeeft aan de handhaving van de AVG met betrekking tot de grensoverschrijdende verwerkingsactiviteiten in kwestie. Daarbij wordt samengewerkt met alle autoriteiten die de gevolge...

Guidelines 10/2020 on restrictions under Article 23 GDPR

Guidelines on restrictions under Article 23 GDPR

Richtsnoeren 03/2021 voor de toepassing van artikel 65, lid 1, punt a), AVG

guidelines voor de toepassing van artikel 60 AVG

GROEP GEGEVENSBESCHERMING ARTIKEL 29

guidelines transparantie

Versiegeschiedenis

guidelines doorgifte van persoonsgegevens tussen overheidsinstanties en -organen binnen en buiten de EER

Guidelines 8/2020 on the targeting of social media users

Guidelines on the targeting of social media users

Guidelines 02/2022 on the application of Article 60 GDPR

Guidelines on the application of Article 60 GDPR

With the introduction of the GDPR, the concept of the one-stop shop was established as one of the main innovations. In cross-border processing cases, the supervisory authority in the Member State of the controller's or processor's main establishment is the authority leading the enforcement of the GDPR for the respective cross-border processing activities, in cooperation with all the authorities which may face the effects of the processing activities at stake: be it through the establishments ...

Guidelines 04/2022 on the calculation of administrative fines under the GDPR

Guidelines on the calculation of administrative fines under the GDPR

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted these guidelines to harmonise the methodology supervisory authorities use when calculating of the amount of the fine. These Guidelines complement the previously adopted Guidelines on the application and setting of administrative fines for the purpose of the Regulation 2016/679 (WP253), which focus on the circumstances in which to impose a fine. The calculation of the amount of the fine is at the discretion of the supervisory authority, ...

Richtsnoeren 3/2018 over het territoriale toepassingsgebied van de AVG (artikel 3)

guidelines territoriaal toepassingsgebied AVG

Guidelines 03/2022 on Deceptive design patterns in social media platform interfaces: how to recognise and avoid them

Guidelines on deceptive design patterns in social media platform interfaces: how to recognise and avoid them

These Guidelines offer practical recommendations to social media providers as controllers of social media, designers and users of social media platforms on how to assess and avoid so-called 'deceptive design patterns' in social media interfaces that infringe on GDPR requirements. To this end, the EDPB recommends that controllers make use of interdisciplinary teams, consisting, among others, of designers, data protection officers and decision-makers. It is important to note ...

Guidelines 01/2022 on data subject rights - Right of access

Guidelines on data subject rights - Right of access

The right of access of data subjects is enshrined in Art. 8 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. It has been a part of the European data protection legal framework since its beginning and is now further developed by more specified and precise rules in Art. 15 GDPR.

One-Stop-Shop case digest on right of access

EDPB

EDPB/SPE 16 jan 2025 One-Stop-Shop case digest on right of access. Een rapport opgesteld door Hanne Marie Motzfeldt (Københavns Universitet) waarin beslissingen inzake het inzagerecht onder het eenloketmechanisme worden geanalyseerd.

Coordinated Enforcement Action, implementation of the right of access by controllers

EDPB

EDPB 20 jan 2025, Coordinated Enforcement Action, implementation of the right of access by controllers.