Modernized CoE Convention 108: A global standard on data protection

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers recently adopted “Amending Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data” (ETS No. 108) after several years of negotiations.  The Protocol, now open for signature, modernizes Convention 108 to deal with innovations that have occurred in the area of information and communication technology since its original adoption in 1981 and to strengthen the convention’s effective implementation.

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