Commissioner addresses conference on Data Protection in Moldova January 2025 Earlier this week our Commissioner, Ian Deguara, took part in a conference on “New Legal Provisions in Personal Data Protection in Moldova”, held on Data Protection Day in Moldova’s capital Chisinau. The conference was organised by e-Governance Academy in partnership with the National Center […]
FAQs on Data Protection Officers (DPOs) January 2025 We have released a set of 20 FAQs on Data Protection Officers (DPOs). These FAQs are useful to understand the role of the DPO and address the most commonly-asked questions about such an important position in an organisation. Some of the questions which are answered include: […]
Marking Data Protection Day 2025 January 2025 Today, 28 January, is Data Protection Day. The date marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108 on the protection of personal information, the first legally binding international law in the field of data protection, and is celebrated every year by the 47 countries of […]
CEF 2024: IDPC Report on Coordinated Enforcement Action 2024 on Right of Access January 2025 As part of a Coordinated Enforcement Action (CEF) coordinated by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in 2024, the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC) office of Malta carried out a survey in the form of a questionnaire sent […]
EDPB adopts pseudonymisation guidelines and paves the way to improve cooperation with competition authorities January 2025 During its January 2025 plenary meeting, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted guidelines on pseudonymisation, as well as a statement on the interplay of competition law and data protection. Read more here
IDPC data protection decision – right of access January 2025 The Commissioner issued a reprimand to a controller for not granting a data subject access to internal emails exchanged among the controller’s employees that included the data subject’s personal data, as well as information relating to the processing activity. The Commissioner ruled that the right […]
Data Protection Day 2025 January 2025 To mark the Data Protection Day, the EDPS, Council of Europe, and CPDP Conferences are joining forces to host a one-day event: “CPDP – Data Protection Day: A New Mandate for Data Protection.” When: 28 January 2025 Where: European Commission’s Charlemagne, Brussels Format: In-person and online This year’s conference […]