Following many years of intense political debate on data protection in the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will finally become law across the EU in May 2018 and is designed to be the cornerstone of data protection in Europe. It sets out directly applicable rules on the rights of data subjects, the duties of those organisations that demand the processing of personal data and those that do the processing (data controllers and processors), international data transfers and the powers of supervisory authorities.
In this issue, catch up on the EDPS' organisational changes, the Supervisor's visit to Japan for his participation in the G7 roundtable of data protection and privacy authorities, our latest Supervisory Opinions and audits, and find out how you can put data protection into practice. This issue is also part of our podcast series, the Newsletter Digest.
On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the entry into application of the General Data Protection Regulation, the European Data Protection Supervisor, the German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, and the Bavarian Data Protection Commissioner organise the high-level event: “5th Anniversary of the GDPR: Still a benchmark in the EU digital landscape?”.
Presentation of the EDPS Annual Report 2022 at Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Brussels, Belgium
EDPS contribution in the context of the European Commission's initiative to further specify procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation.
EDPS Formal comments on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation establishing a common form for rail passengers’ reimbursement and compensation requests for delays, missed connections and cancellations of rail services in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council