⚖️Afternoon session of the 53rd EDPS-DPO meeting - Thomas Zerdick, leading the #EDPS Supervision and Enforcement Unit, shares insightful updates on the latest developments in #privacy and #dataprotection case law. Stay informed on key legal trends shaping our digital rights. #CJEU
🔍 Diving into the Future of #AI: Manuel Garcia Sanchez & Vitor Bernardo from #EDPS talk on Generative & Explainable AI. Explore the cutting-edge of AI and its impact on #dataprotection. A great moment for tech & #privacy enthusiasts! 🚀🤖💡
The meeting was a great occasion to present the respective institutions and establish cooperation between #EDPS and @CoE
, in particular with respect to #dataprotection topics. 2/2
'The EU #AIAct needs a strong and independent enforcement authority at EU level. The #EDPS stands ready to provide his support in this regard and contribute to the success of the #AI Regulation' Leonardo Cervera Navas @EDPS_secretary_general
W. Wiewiórowski, @EDPS_supervisor, "#EDPS will remain vigilant. We need to ensure that the #DataProtection standards that were fought for throughout many years will not be adversely impacted by the new rules." 4/5
"Trying to make sense of how all these new chapters in the EU’s #DigitalRulebook will fit together is certainly a worthwhile endeavour. It is an exercise which we at #EDPS have also been engaged with for some time now." @EDPS_supervisor 2/5
On 23 October 2023, #EDPS organised a Seminar on #CSAM Proposal - “The Point of No Return?” Our post seminar Report presents the key takeaways and summary of the discussions:
#EDPS and #ICO signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) https://europa.eu/!vQp3wg to further strengthen their joint commitment to ensure a consistent and coherent approach to the protection of individuals’ #Privacy rights. Read Press Release https://europa.eu/!GbYnHT
This background paper explores the requirement of respecting the ‘essence’ of the rights to respect for private life and of right to the protection of personal data whenever these rights are limited under European Union law.
W.Wiewiórowski, @EDPS_supervisor, opens #EDPS Seminar on Essence of fundamental rights to #privacy#dataprotection. Keynote speeches by Maciej Szpunar, First Advocate General at CJEU and Yonko Grozev Judge at ECHR followed by presentation of study by Gloria Fuster.
On the initiative of the #EDPS, the 45th Global Privacy Assembly adopted a Resolution on Generative #ArtificialIntelligence Systems.
This represents a global commitment to the implementation and enforcement of data protection principles in the context of AI , with more global actions to follow.
W.Wiewiórowski @EDPS_supervisor closes the International Organisations Workshop organised by the #EDPS in cooperation with INTERPOL in Lyon: "Collaboration is key to elevate and uphold #DataProtection standards."
Olivier Matter, Head of International Cooperation at #EDPS, moderating a panel on "Transfers to and between international organisations" at the Workshop with International Organisations co-organised with #Interpol in Lyon 1/2
"#EDPS is encouraging practical and "hands on" exchanges on concrete transfer tools that offer appropriate safeguards and protection while being tailored to the specificities of international organisations" O.Matter at the International Organisations Workshop 2/2
There was a broad and almost unprecedented consensus that yesterday's seminar has shown - a consensus between different groups of stakeholders - that the CSAM proposal is not only ineffective, but also harmful, dixit @EDPS_supervisor closing the #EDPS#Seminar on #CSAM Proposal
W.Wiewiórowski, @EDPS_supervisor: "We believe in common European answers to the challenges we all face. #AIact is an opportunity that we cannot miss. The #EDPS stands ready to provide the secretariat for the #AI Office."
With #AI, the digital landscape is evolving. As #DPA of #EUIs, the #EDPS aims to ensure that AI is integrated into day-to-day lives in a human-centred and sustainable way, respecting #privacy and #DataProtection principles.
"There is a broad and almost unprecedented consensus that today’s seminar has shown - a consensus between different groups of stakeholders - that the CSAM proposal is not only ineffective, but also harmful" W.Wiewiórowski @EDPS_supervisor closing the #EDPS#Seminar on #CSAM Proposal
What are the alternative ways forward capable to address such a complex societal problem as child abuse? Watch Evelyn Austin, Andreea Belu, Patrick Breyer, Helen Charles, David Frautschy, Matthew Green, Monica Horten and Iverna McGowann in panel discussion moderated by Anna Buchta #CSAM#Seminar#EDPS
In 2020, the EU-level judiciary decreed #SchremsII whereby customers of US cloud service providers must themselves verify the data protection laws of the recipient country, document its risk assessment and confer with its customers.
In 2021, various French-state-level authorities stated that #MSOffice365 did not conform (to doctrine and #GDPR) or that secondary education schools should avoid it. 👇
Storing data in "the Cloud" legally constitutes data processing.
#MicrosoftOutlook: "Synchronisation with the Microsoft server" transfers your data to Microsoft.
The German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Ulrich Kelber, described the data collection as "alarming" and announced his intention to pursue at European level: https://social.bund.de/@bfdi/111381793883035665