Whistleblowing Policy - ESMA
Prior-check Opinion on ESMA’s Whistleblowing Policy (Case 2016-1042)
The aim of whistleblowing is to shine the light on corruption by providing safe channels for staff or other informants to report unethical behaviour in the workplace. Such procedures require the processing of sensitive personal information relating to suspected wrongdoers, whistle-blowers, and other parties, such as witnesses. EU institutions and bodies are obliged to have clear whistleblowing procedures in place. The obligation is placed upon them by the EU Staff Regulations, which state that officials who become aware of a possible illegal activity should report it without delay. Due to the specificity of this procedure and risks imposed on the persons involved, the protection of their personal data is of the utmost importance.
Prior-check Opinion on ESMA’s Whistleblowing Policy (Case 2016-1042)
Prior-check opinion on the Whistleblowing procedure - Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) (Case 2015-1065)
The October 2016 edition of the EDPS Newsletter covers recently adopted Opinions on Big Data and the EU border package, the EDPS Guidelines on Whistleblowing and many other EDPS activities.
Guidelines on processing personal information within a whistleblowing procedure
'An update of these guidelines (issued on 19 December 2019) is available here
Prior-check Opinion on the anti-fraud reporting procedure at the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) (Case 2013-0884)