The Council, represented by the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU, and the European Parliament secured a provisional deal on a new law which will improve cooperation between national data protection authorities when they enforce the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in cross-border cases.

"We have taken a big step towards improving cooperation between national data protection bodies when they enforce citizens' rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. The objective is to speed up the process of handling cross-border GDPR complaints filed by citizens or organisations," said Krzysztof Gawkowski, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Digital Affairs.

The European co-legislators agreed on rules that will streamline administrative procedures relating to, for instance, the rights of complainants or the admissibility of cases, and thus make enforcement of the GDPR, which has been in application since 25 May 2018, more efficient.

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