Each EU institution, body or agency (EU institutions) has appointed a data protection officer (DPO). It is the DPO's duty to ensure in an independent manner the internal application of the data protection rules applicable to the EU institution. This also involves other tasks such as ensuring that controllers and individuals (data subjects) are informed of their rights and obligations, and cooperating with the EDPS at his request or on their own initiative. A list of data protection officers can be found on the EDPS website.
These comments refer to the draft implementing rules on the Data Protection Officer (DPO) at Eurojust ('the draft rules'). Our comments refer to the document submitted on 24 July 2020.
EDPS comments to the EIB concerning the DPO implementing rules and the procedure for the exercise of data subjects' rights (Case 2020-0683).
In this edition of the EDPS Newsletter we cover the EDPS consultation on transfers of personal data, the virtual visit at the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the new TechDispatch on contact tracing and mobile apps, the 47th DPO virtual meeting among other topics.
46th Meeting of the Data Protection Officers of the EU institutions and the European Data Protection Supervisor, Historical Archives of the European Union, Florence, Italy
Inspections are one of the tools used by the EDPS to ensure that the EU institutions and bodies comply with the rules set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. EDPS Factsheet 5 provides information on what to expect if the EDPS carries out an inspection at your institution.