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Brussels, 13 February - The EDPB has recently adopted its work programme for 2026-2027, which is grounded in the four pillars of the EDPB strategy 2024-2027. The work programme is based on the priorities set out in the EDPB strategy and it also takes into account the commitments made in the Helsinki Statement on enhanced clarity, support and engagement aimed at making GDPR compliance easier, strengthening consistency, and boosting cross-regulatory cooperation. Easing compliance is at the top of

The government has launched a consultation to seek views on whether under 16s should be banned from accessing social media

The ICO has issued a consultation to seek organisations’ views on the processes the ICO follows when it suspects a breach of the UK GDPR or the Data Protection Act 2018

(1) Encouragement of CoC <u>EDPB Guidelines</u>:<u>EDPB Guidelines</u>: * EDPB, ‘Guidelines 1/2019 on Codes of Conduct and Monitoring Bodies under Regulation 2016/679’, 4 June 2019 (Version 2.0) (available here), and * EDPB, ‘Guidelines 1/2019 on Codes of Conduct and Monitoring Bodies under Regulation 2016/679’, 4 June 2019 (Version 2.0) (available [https://www.edpb.europa.eu/sites/default/files/files/file1/edpb_guidelines_201901_v2.0_codesofconduct_en.pdf here]), and * E

(1) Stimulering van gedragscodes en toezichthoudende instanties: * EDPB, 'Richtlijnen 1/2019 over gedragscodes en toezichthoudende instanties in overeenstemming met Verordening 2016/679', 4 juni 2019 (versie 2.0) (beschikbaar hier), en * EDPB, 'Richtlijnen 1/2019 over gedragscodes en toezichthoudende instanties in overeenstemming met Verordening 2016/679', 4 juni 2019 (versie 2.0) (beschikbaar [https://www.edpb.europa.eu/sites/default/files/files/file1/edpb_guidelines_201901_v2.0_codesofconduct_en.pdf hier]), en * E

(1) Promotion of codes of conduct and supervisory authorities: * EDPB, 'Guidelines 1/2019 on codes of conduct and supervisory authorities pursuant to Regulation 2016/679', June 4, 2019 (version 2.0) (available here), and * EDPB, 'Guidelines 1/2019 on codes of conduct and supervisory authorities pursuant to Regulation 2016/679', June 4, 2019 (version 2.0) (available at [https://www.edpb.europa.eu/sites/default/files/files/file1/edpb_guidelines_201901_v2.0_codesofconduct_en.pdf here]), and * E

The European Ombudsman has found that the Commission disregarded important transparency rules while preparing the Europol Regulation, which is a part of the legislation to "counter migrant smuggling". The inquiry concluded that the Commission didn't provide enough evidence to justify the claims of "urgency" to bypass their own 'Better Regulation' rules, and skipping public consultations, thorough impact assessments and evidence gathering. The post Migrant smuggling laws: European Commission foun

The European Ombudsman has found that the European Commission disregarded important transparency laws during the preparation of the Europol regulation, which is part of the legislation aimed at combating "human smuggling of migrants." The investigation concluded that the Commission did not provide sufficient evidence to justify its claims of "urgency," thereby circumventing its own rules for "better regulation," as well as public consultations, thorough impact assessments, and the gathering of evidence. Article: Legislation against human smuggling of migrants: The European Commission...

Hoe kunnen Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PET's) bijdragen aan de naleving van de privacywetgeving? In het kort: • PET's kunnen u helpen om een benadering te demonstreren waarbij privacybescherming "van nature" en "als standaard" wordt ingebouwd in uw processen. • PET's kunnen u helpen om te voldoen aan het principe van dataminimalisatie, door ervoor te zorgen dat u alleen de gegevens verwerkt die u nodig heeft voor uw doeleinden, en dat u een passend beveiligingsniveau biedt voor uw verwerking. • U kunt PET's gebruiken om toegang te geven tot datasets die anders te gevoelig zouden zijn om te delen, terwijl u tegelijkertijd ervoor zorgt dat de persoonlijke gegevens van individuen beschermd blijven.

> How can PETs help with data protection compliance? At a glance • PETs can help you demonstrate a ‘data protection by design and by default’ approach to your processing. • PETs can help you to comply with the data minimisation principle by ensuring you only process the data you need for your purposes, and provide an appropriate level of security for your processing. • You can use PETs to give access to datasets which would otherwise be too sensitive to share, while ensuring individuals’ data is

How can Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) contribute to compliance with privacy regulations? In short: • PETs can help you demonstrate an approach where privacy protection is "naturally" and "by default" integrated into your processes. • PETs can help you comply with the principle of data minimization by ensuring that you only process the data you need for your purposes, and that you provide an appropriate level of security for your processing. • You can use PETs to provide access to datasets that would otherwise be too sensitive to share, while simultaneously ensuring that the personal data of individuals remains protected.

Brussels, November 5th - The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is taking a significant step to help organizations comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by developing a series of ready-to-use templates. This initiative, announced following the Helsinki Declaration on greater clarity, support, and engagement, aims to provide practical tools that organizations can easily implement to fulfill their data protection obligations. To ensure that these templates meet the needs of organizations, the EDPB...

Brussels, 5 November - The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is taking an important step towards facilitating GDPR compliance for organisations by developing a series of ready-to-use templates. This initiative, announced following the Helsinki Statement on enhanced clarity, support, and engagement, aims to provide practical tools that organisations can readily implement to meet their data protection obligations. To ensure these templates address the needs of organisations, the EDPB has launc

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Normally, I rarely draw attention to reports from written consultations in the House of Representatives, but this report deserves special attention: "Report on a written consultation regarding the results of an external research and risk analysis model (RAM)." For those who are interested, the attachments to this report include...

> Read through the most interesting developments at the intersection of human rights and technology from the Netherlands. This is the second update in this series.

> On October 14, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced it is extending the deadline by one month to submit comments on its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on commercial surveillance and lax data security practices.

The GDPR incorporates the RBA for all obligations of the controller in the GDPR. Where the transfer rules are stated as obligations of the controller (rather than as absolute principles), the RBA of Article 24 therefore applies. Other than the DPAs assume, this is not contradicted by the ECJ in Schrems II nor by the EDPB recommendations on additional measures following the Schrems II judgment, according to Lokke Moerel, Professor of Global ICT Law at Tilburg University and a Dutch Cyber Security

The European Data Protection Supervisor ordered Europol to hand over personal data to Dutch activist Frank van der Linde. The decision is the result of a two-year investigation into Europol's possession and storage of van der Linde's personal data.

De Europese Toezichthouder op de Bescherming van Persoonsgegevens heeft Europol opgedragen om persoonlijke gegevens over te dragen aan de Nederlandse activist Frank van der Linde. Dit besluit is het resultaat van een onderzoek van twee jaar naar de manier waarop Europol de persoonlijke gegevens van Van der Linde bewaart en verwerkt.

The new data governance regulation sets out the conditions for the reuse of certain government data. In addition, the regulation provides a notification and oversight framework for the provision of data mediation services. Furthermore, the regulation contains a framework for the voluntary registration of entities that collect and process data made available for altruistic purposes. The rules will apply from September 2023.

> European supervisory authorities’ varying practices of calculating GDPR administrative fines can be viewed, on the one hand, as inconsistent and in conflict with the principle of uniform interpretation and application of the GDPR in general and uniform sanction for GDPR infringements in particular, as enshrined in GDPR recital 10, 11 and 13.

> DeFine is a translation into a calculator of part of the methodology proposed by the European Data Protection Board to calculate GDPR fines (see EDPB, Guidelines 04/2022 on the calculation of administrative fines under the GDPR, 12 May 2022, available online; it was subject to a public consultation until 27 June 2022).