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European Cybersecurity Month 2020: Time for clarity on 5G, security and privacy in the “new normal”

Monday, 19 October, 2020
  • Thomas Zerdick, Head of Technology and Privacy

Many might associate the month of October with shorter days and all things spooky. But it should also be known as the month of all things cybersecurity.

European Cybersecurity Month is an annual campaign that takes place across Europe every October. Its aim is to raise awareness of the risks, opportunities and the state of art in the technological infrastructures that surround and support us in our daily life.

Artificial Intelligence, data and our values – on the path to the EU’s digital future

Monday, 7 September, 2020
  • Wojciech Wiewiórowski

COVID-19 has absorbed, as normal and justifiable, most of the data protection community’s attention on pandemic related matters, namely contact tracing apps. The judgment of the Court of Justice in the so-called Schrems II case has dominated our discussions this summer. Nevertheless, Artificial Intelligence (AI) occupies a privileged seat among the data protection hot topics of 2020.

Giovanni in our memories

Thursday, 20 August, 2020
  • Wojciech Wiewiórowski

“August 20th marks the first anniversary of the saddest day in the history of our institution. It was a year ago when we learned that the European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli died in hospital in Milan, losing a long fight against a horrible disease. Though a whole year has already passed, and the world in Covid-19 times looks different than it was in August 2019, it is still hard for me to find the words to describe my feelings that day and to summarize somehow our long friendship with Giovanni.

Report from the IPEN workshops on encryption - what is encryption and who needs it for what?

Thursday, 23 July, 2020
  • Thomas Zerdick, Head of Technology and Privacy

On 3 June 2020, the EDPS organised its first online workshop of the Internet Privacy Engineering Network (IPEN), on the “state of the art in encryption and its role for protection of privacy and personal data ”. With nearly 200 participants, the event attracted strong interest among privacy experts, developers and engineers.

Reinventing the trainee conference in times of COVID-19

Monday, 13 July, 2020
  • Wojciech Wiewiórowski

Upon the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, our everyday life changed to the extent that we were afraid that components of our Europe would be stolen from us forever.Our trainees managed to organise a successful and insightful webinar on privacy and data protection, highlighting that the pillars of democratic systems based on the rule of law should be preserved and prove their resilience vis-à-vis an emergency.

Inevitably, the subject of their webinar affected by the reality of COVID-19, focused on the repercussions of this global health crisis on the fundamental right to data protection.

Our trainees explain their experience and provide further details on the outcome of the debate.

Here is their story.

Wojciech Wiewiórowski

A post Covid-19 Future: #Solidarity #FreedomofMovement #DataProtection

Saturday, 9 May, 2020
  • Wojciech Wiewiórowski

‘Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity’.
Robert Schuman, 9 May 1950
        
There are events in history that help societies and civilization to move forward, that inspire ideas that shape humankind.  Today we celebrate Europe and the foundation that is the Schuman declaration. The declaration set in motion the process of European integration and inspired a whole new era of cooperation between countries, based on the preservation of peace.

Data Protection, Virtually

Friday, 8 May, 2020
  • Wojciech Wiewiórowski

Since the last meeting of the network of data protection officers (DPOs) in the EU institutions and bodies (EUIs), in Florence on 7 November 2019, our lives have changed dramatically.

Our way of living and working has been disrupted as governments put in place measures to halt the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

Carrying the torch in times of darkness

Thursday, 30 April, 2020
  • Wojciech Wiewiórowski

The outbreak of Covid-19 is affecting our lives at an unprecedented pace. It is testing the resilience of our societies as we respond to this global crisis and try to contain its consequences, both in the short and in the long run.

The moment you realise the world has changed: re-thinking the EDPS Strategy

Friday, 20 March, 2020
  • Wojciech Wiewiórowski

When we started our work on the Strategy for the five-year mandate of the European Data Protection Supervisor, one of the first issues we discussed was whether it should be either a living document, ready to be changed or adjusted, or a robust, future-proof plan. 

AI and Facial Recognition: Challenges and Opportunities

Friday, 21 February, 2020
  • Wojciech Wiewiórowski

We know that a substantial amount of data is processed to fuel and improve the machine learning algorithms at the heart of Artificial Intelligence (AI). And we are aware of the rapidly increasing precision and capabilities of ubiquitous surveillance equipment.

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