Data Protection Day - 4th edition
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The Member States of the Council of Europe and the European institutions and bodies celebrated the European Data Protection Day for the fourth time on 28 January 2010. This date marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe's Convention 108 on the protection of personal data, the first legally binding international instrument related to the field of data protection. The event gives the EDPS and Data Protection Officers the opportunity to focus on raising awareness among the EU staff about their rights and obligations regarding data protection - these rights and obligations are set out in the Data Protection Regulation, the implementation of which is supervised by the EDPS. |
To mark the event, a one-day information stand was set up on three consecutive days in the main institutions:
- Council: 26 January 2009; 11.30 - 15.00
Justus Lipsius Building, Atrium - European Commission: 27 January 2009; 11.30 - 15.00
Berlaymont building , main entrance hall (Piazza, close to the restaurant) - European Parliament: 28 January 2009; 11.30 - 15.00
ASP building, main street
Visitors were invited to participate to a quiz concerning data protection. Within the correct answers, a lottery awarded 10 USB keys. You will find the quiz below with the correct answers.
Peter Hustinx also spoke at a lunchtime debate entitled "Privacy and data protection: how does it affect you?" on 28 January. The presentation was mainly aimed at staff members from the European Commission and took place in DG Admin (Guimard).
Data protection quiz: