EU’s data watchdog: International cooperation to fight crime should comply with EU law
EDPS published is Opinion onthe second Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.
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Europe’s surveillance crisis
Law enforcement and security agencies are bristling at orders to limit their data collection practices.
European parliament found to have broken EU rules on data transfers and cookie consents
The European Union’s chief data protection supervisor has sanctioned the European Parliament for a series of breaches of the bloc’s data protection rules.
Europol ordered to delete vast store of personal data
EU police body accused of unlawfully holding information and aspiring to become an NSA-style mass surveillance agency.
Ban biometric surveillance in public to safeguard rights, urge EU privacy watchdogs
There have been further calls from EU institutions to outlaw biometric surveillance in public.
The EDPS opens investigations into data transfers of EU institutions
The EDPS launched two investigations regarding the use of cloud services provided by Amazon Web Services and Microsoft by European Union institutions, bodies and agencies, and the use of Microsoft Office 365 by the European Commission.
MEPs urge the Commission to amend UK adequacy decisions
The European Commission should amend its draft decision on UK data protection to bring it in line with EU court rulings and the opinions of the EU privacy supervisor.
EU data protection authorities adopt joint opinion on the Digital Green Certificate Proposals
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted a joint opinion on the Proposals for a Digital Green Certificate.
EDPB & EDPS adopt joint opinions on new sets of SCCs
The EDPB and EDPS have adopted joint opinions on two sets of contractual clauses (SCCs). One opinion on the SCCs for contracts between controllers and processors and one on the SCCs for the transfer of personal data to third countries.
New EU-U.S. data transfer pact not any time soon
Companies hoping the EU and the new U.S. administration will soon strike a new transatlantic data transfer pact to replace one struck down by a court will probably have to wait months for any result.
EU-US data transfer clarity may take several months, warns head of EDPS
The head of the EDPS told Reuters said he is doubtful that EU businesses will receive clarity in the coming weeks and months over the uncertainty around EU-US data transfers.
EU regulator warns Europol could be breaking data rules
Law enforcement agency Europol is likely to have mishandled troves of personal data in breach of the agency’s own rules, […]