Working Party 29 revises the guidelines on Data Protection Officers
The EU Working Party 29 has revised the Guidelines already adopted on 16 December 2016, on the Data Protection Officers (DPOs).
The guidelines are available hereWorking Party 29 adopts the Guidelines on DPIA
The EU Working Party 29 has adopted today the Guidelines on Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and determining whether processing is “likely to result in a high risk” for the purposes of Regulation 2016/679.
The guidelines are available hereArticle 29 Working Party adopts an Opinion on the proposed ePrivacy Regulation
Article 29 Working Party, which is the EU Working Party that gathers the European Data Protection Supervisor and representatives of the EU Commission and the Member States’ privacy supervisory authorities, has adopted an Opinion on the ePrivacy Regulation proposed by the EU Commission. The draft Regulation, which will be directly applicable in all Members States if adopted, aims at replacing the ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC. Article 29 Working Party welcomes the draft Regulation, while is proposes some improvements to render it more consistent with the EU GDPR and rises some points of concern that should be addressed during the legislative process.
The ePrivacy Directive is accessible hereThe Article 29 Working Party Opinion is accessible here
The EU Commission Proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications is accessible here
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Alibaba Cloud joins the EU Cloud CoC
The Alibaba Group’s cloud computing division has announced to have joined the Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers in Europe (EU Cloud CoC). The CoC was adopted following a four-year development process involving industry and the European Commission with the Article 29 Working Party providing input to it. Thanks to the involvement of European Commission and Member States’ Data Protection Authorities the CoC is unique and also a reliable tool to provide security to cloud users. Many IT industries (IBM, Oracle, SalesForce among the others) have joined the CoC in order to strengthen the trust between Cloud providers and Cloud users.
The website of the Data Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers is accessible hereThe Alibaba Group press release is accessible here