Pressemitteilungen

Heute tritt ein neuer Aufsichtsrahmen für die Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten bei der Agentur der Europäischen Union für justizielle Zusammenarbeit in Strafsachen (Eurojust) in Kraft. In Übereinstimmung mit den neuen Regeln ist der Europäische Datenschutzbeauftragte (EDSB) ab jetzt für die Überwachung der Einhaltung der geltenden EU Datenschutzregeln durch Eurojust verantwortlich.

Die Ernennung von Wojciech Wiewiórowski zum neuen Europäischen Datenschutzbeauftragten (EDSB) wurde am 5. Dezember 2019 bestätigt. Der gebürtige Pole, der während des Mandats 2014-2019 das Amt des stellvertretenden Datenschutzbeauftragten des verstorbenen Giovanni Buttarelli bekleidete, tritt heute sein neues Amt an.

In den letzten fünf Jahren haben sich die europäischen und internationalen Ansätze für den Datenschutz erheblich verändert.

Der Europäische Datenschutzbeauftragte (EDSB) führt eine Untersuchung bezüglich der Aktivitäten des Europäischen Parlaments im Zusammenhang mit der Europawahl 2019 durch. Dies wurde heute vom stellvertretenden EDSB bekannt gegeben. Konkret geht es darum, dass das Europäische Parlament ein in den USA ansässiges Unternehmen, das auf politische Kampagnen spezialisiert ist, mit der Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten beauftragt hatte.

In einer durch neue Technologien veränderten Welt kommt es entscheidend darauf an sicherzustellen, dass Strafverfolgungs- und Justizbehörden Zugang zu den Informationen und Instrumenten haben, die für eine wirksame Bekämpfung von Terrorismus und anderen Straftaten erforderlich sind.

Der Europäische Datenschutzbeauftragte (EDSB) wurde mit dem Global Privacy and Data Protection Award für Innovation ausgezeichnet. Die Auszeichnung würdigt die Bemühungen des EDSB, einen Website Evidence Collector zu entwickeln, und wurde auf der jährlichen International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC) verliehen, die dieses Jahr in Tirana, Albanien, stattfand.

Cooperation between public authorities in the Member States, EU institutions and other international organisations is essential to ensure that contractual arrangements and measures with Microsoft provide the same level of protection for individual rights throughout the European Economic Area (EEA).

More than 300 guests attended a high-calibre panel discussion yesterday on the challenges for data protection and competitiveness in the digital age. Organised by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and the German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI), topics up for discussion included possibilities for cooperation between regulators and the challenges new technologies pose to effective data protection.

The 2019 Internet Privacy Engineering Network (IPEN) workshop takes place today at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy. Co-hosted by LUISS University and the Università di Roma Tor Vergata, this year’s workshop will focus on what constitutes state of the art technology in data protection by design, in an effort to help establish a common understanding of this concept, the European Data Protection Supervisor explained.

An inspection carried out by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) on the websites of major EU institutions and bodies revealed data protection and data security issues in seven out of the ten websites inspected. Each of the institutions concerned has received recommendations from the EDPS on how to ensure their websites are fully compliant with data protection rules and the relevant institutions have reacted swiftly to start rectifying the problems identified, the European Data Protection Supervisor said today.

The European parliamentary elections are increasingly in the spotlight as the polls of 23-26 May approach. In the face of ongoing political turbulence, it is important that the EU continue to lead the way in promoting a healthy civic society through a robust election process.

As the supervisory authority for all EU institutions, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) is responsible for enforcing and monitoring their compliance with data protection rules. In this capacity, the EDPS is undertaking an investigation into the compliance of contractual arrangements concluded between the EU institutions and Microsoft, the European Data Protection Supervisor said today.

2018 was a busy year for the EDPS and a pivotal year for data protection in general. Under new data protection rules, the rights of every individual living in the EU are now better protected than ever, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said today, as he presented his 2018 Annual Report to the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE).

The adoption of new data protection rules for the EU institutions and bodies represents another vital step forward in the development of a comprehensive EU framework for data protection in the digital age, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said today.

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) welcomed over 1000 delegates to the European Parliament in Brussels this morning to debate digital ethics, as part of the 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC).

Consumer law and data protection can no longer afford to work in silos. The EU needs a big-picture approach to addressing systemic harms to individuals in digital markets, involving closer cooperation between enforcers in order to avoid legal uncertainty, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said, as he published his Opinion on the legislative package A New Deal for Consumers.

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) is pleased to announce that Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, will deliver the keynote speech at Debating Ethics, the public session of the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, on Wednesday 24 October 2018.

The public debate on the online manipulation and misuse of personal data for tracking and profiling has received unprecedented attention in recent weeks.

Just two days from now, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become fully applicable to all companies and organisations operating within the EU.

The EU needs a smarter approach to information sharing in order to address challenges relating to security and border management. Interoperability, the process of enabling large-scale EU databases to communicate and exchange information, might prove a useful tool, but it is also likely to have profound legal and societal consequences, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said today, as he published his