Privacy in the EU Institutions

Prior-check Opinion on the staff reclassification exercise at eu-LISA (Case 2015-0916)

Opinion on the notification for prior checking concerning public procurement at the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (Case 2015-0516)

The EDPS focused considerable efforts in 2015 on ensuring the successful adoption of new and effective data protection rules, providing legislators with detailed recommendations in the form of an app. He now turns his attention to the successful implementation of these rules and the reform of the current Regulation, which will apply to the work of the EDPS and the other EU institutions and bodies.

The EDPS launched several new initiatives in 2015, such as those on data ethics and big data. He also worked closely with the Article 29 Working Party to analyse the consequences of the Court of Justice of the European Union's ruling on Safe Harbour and advise the Commission on alternative solutions. These and other initiatives will continue into 2016 and beyond to ensure that the EU remains at the forefront of data protection and privacy policy in the years to come.

Letter received from the European Investment Fund (EIF) concerning procedure on access to the professional/personal data, physical or electronic, of staff members in the event of absence, depart (Case 2015-0808)

Letter received from the European Investment Bank (EIB) concerning procedure on access to the professional/personal data, physical or electronic, of staff members in the event of absence, leaving the Bank or death (Case 2013-0801)