Publications Home | News Guidelines on the data protection aspects related to the collection of employees’ COVID-19 vaccination status The IDPC published on the 29th April 2021 guidelines regarding the data protection issues that may arise from the collection by employers of the COVID-19 vaccination status of employees. Facebook Data Leak Facebook Data LeakA data leak involving the personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users, which is also believed to include the personal data of over 100,00 Maltese users, is currently being investigated by the Irish Data Protection Commission, which is the EU lead supervisory authority responsible for Facebook. The users’ personal data, particularly […] Publications Annual ReportsPublications IDPC Awareness Campaign Data protection awareness campaignThis Office embarked on an awareness campaign designed to increase public awareness on the data protection rights deriving from the General Data Protection Regulation. The IDPC’s objective is to instill a culture where citizens of different age groups understand the importance of safeguarding their personal data and be well-informed of how to […] Data Protection Day 2021 The Information and Data Protection Commissioner joins the other Data Protection authorities in Europe and around the world to celebrate Data Protection Day on Thursday 28th January 2021 Update on personal data transfers to the United Kingdom after Brexit On the 31st December 2020, the transition period for the United Kingdom’s (UK) withdrawal from the European Union (EU) terminated; meaning that the UK is now deemed to be a third country. GDPRights: GDPR awareness campaign and support to business organisations, in particular, SMEs. GDPR awareness campaign and support to business organisations, in particular, SMEs – GDPRights Appointment of a new Commissioner Today, the Government of Malta published a notice in the Official Gazette informing the public that, in terms of Article 11 of the Data Protection Act, Mr Ian Deguara has been appointed as Information and Data Protection Commissioner for a period of five (5) years with effect from 21st December 2020. Recommendations 02/2020 on the European Essential Guarantees for surveillance measures Recommendations adopted to help data exporters, either controller or processor within the European Economic Area (EEA) who transfers personal data to a controller or processor in any third country outside EEA Supplement transfer tools: EDPB’s Recommendations 01/2020 recommendations have been adopted to help data exporters, either controller or processor within the European Economic Area (EEA) who transfers personal data to a controller or processor in any country that is not a Member State of the EEA EDPB’s Open Public Consultations 07/2020 & 08/2020 In its ruling dated 16th July 2020 (C-311/18, Schrems II), the CJEU invalidated the adequacy of the EU-US Privacy Shield. This was the basis of transfers of personal data by controllers in the EU (data exporters) to companies in the US (data importers). This means that such transfers can no longer be possible under this adequacy framework FAQs on the Schrems II CJEU judgement In its ruling dated 16th July 2020 (C-311/18, Schrems II), the CJEU invalidated the adequacy of the EU-US Privacy Shield. This was the basis of transfers of personal data by controllers in the EU (data exporters) to companies in the US (data importers). This means that such transfers can no longer be possible under this adequacy framework Load More
