On 28 January each year, member states of the Council of Europe and EU institutions celebrate Data Protection Day. It marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s data protection convention, known as “Convention 108”. It was the first binding international law concerning individuals’ rights to the protection of their personal data.
This Newsletter edition is a special one, as it is our 100th newsletter! That’s 100 newsletters written since 2005, in which we aim to bring you regular bite-size updates on the work we do to protect two of your fundamental rights: your rights to data protection and privacy. Read it here.
EDPS starts piloting Open Source Software, offering the possibility to share files, send messages, make video calls and collaborative drafting in a secured cloud environment. Read Press Release
Welcome to our new EDPS podcast webpage. With our podcast series, we aim at exploring the current state of the EU data protection framework, technological developments and the impact on individuals rights and freedoms.
The EDPS has issued an Opinion on two legislative Proposals on the collection and transfer of advance passenger information (API), which includes air passengers’ personal data included in their travel documents (passport or identity cards) that is collected during check-in. Read Press Release & Opinion
Plenary Session of the EDPB, Participation of Wojciech Wiewiórowski (via a video link), Brussels, Belgium
Wojciech Wiewiórowski meeting with Dr Andrea Ammon, the Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
12th Meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group (JPSG) on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), Presentation by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Stockholm, Sweden
ERA’s Annual Conference on Personal Data Protection Law 2023, Keynote speech by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Brussels, Belgium
Wojciech Wiewiórowski meeting with Prof. Hanna Machińska, Former Polish Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights, Brussels, Belgium
Human beings are fascinated by technology. Think of the fascination we all feel, no matter our race or geographical location, when we see a fire in front of us. As this was probably the first big innovation of humankind that allowed our ancestors to cook and keep warm during the cold winter nights.This fascination has been deeply encoded into our DNA as Homo sapiens.