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Events

In this session, you can find an overview of events, conferences and meetings the EDPS organises or participates in. Please check our speaking engagements policy if you want to invite us to speak during an event.

29
Jan
2010

3rd International Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference, Brussels

The conference on "Computers, Privacy and Data Protection – CPDP 2010" aims to create a bridge between policymakers, academics, practitioners and activists, exchange ideas and discuss emerging issues of information technology, privacy, data protection and law.

This year’s conference theme is "An Element of Choice" as a reference to the many options open for data protection policy.

Members of the EDPS secretariat have taken part to panel discussions. Peter Hustinx has provided the concluding notes to the conference.

More information: www.cpdpconferences.org

28
Jan
2010

Data Protection Day - 4th edition

 

 

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:

Available languages: English
28
Jan
2010

"Think privacy" - Data Protection Day, Brussels

"Think privacy" is a campaign initiated by European Schoolnet and Microsoft in view of Data Protection Day, celebrated every year on 28 January.

This second edition of the campaign features a Europe-wide “Think Privacy” contest where 15 - 19 year olds are invited to create and submit a short "multi-media poster’" This year’s theme is “Privacy is a Human Right – treat it with care”. Winners were selected by an eminent jury and invited to spend three days in Brussels to attend a special Data Protection Day award ceremony on 28 January 2010 that was also framed by keynotes of prominent policy makers.

Peter Hustinx, EDPS, served as a member of the jury and provided the conclusions and closing remarks to the event.

The ceremony has also served as an opening event for the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference that took place over the next two days and went into more detail in terms of policy discussions.

For more information: http://dpd.eun.org/

2
Nov
2009

Workshop on "Privacy by Design", Madrid

The European Data Protection Supervisor, Peter Hustinx, contributed to an international workshop on “Privacy by Design” on Monday 2 November 2009 in Madrid. The workshop was hosted by Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada, and Yoram Hacohen, head of the Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority, as part of an international effort to promote “Privacy by Design” as a promising concept in an increasingly technology dependent world. The workshop took place just before the 31st International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (Madrid, 3-6 November 2009). 

More information is available at http://www.privacybydesign.ca/madrid09.htm

Speech of Peter Hustinx
Available languages: English, French
23
Oct
2009

"Responding to data breaches" Seminar, Brussels

The EDPS, together with the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) hosted a seminar on "Responding to Data Breaches" in the European Parliament.

The seminar was devoted to three main objectives, which correspond to the "life cycle of data breach": 

  • sharing and exploring best practices for preventing and mitigating the occurrence of data breaches from a data controller point of view;
  • exchanging best practices developed by data protections authorities, as well as institutional and industry stakeholders on how to manage security breaches, including the development of procedures aimed at investigating breaches;
  • gathering experience on data breach notification management from other sectors and from non-EU Member States.
Programme
Available languages: English
Introductory remarks of Peter Hustinx
Available languages: English, French
Speech of Commissioner Viviane Reding
Available languages: English
Speakers' presentations (in zip format)
Available languages: English