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Data Protection Commissioner – public call for candidates
At the occasion of the 48th Plenary meeting of the T-PD (17 – 19 June 2025), the Committee shall elect the Data Protection Commissioner for the Council of Europe from a list of names drawn up by the Secretary General following a public call for candidates. The Data Protection Commissioner is...
63rd meeting of the Bureau
The Bureau of Committee of Convention 108 held its 63rd meeting on 19-20 March 2025 in Paris. It welcomed that Greece (5 March 2025) and Monaco (6 March 2025) deposited their instruments of ratification of the amending Protocol CETS No 223 and encouraged all Parties to finalise their ratification...
Greece becomes the 32nd and Monaco the 33rd state to ratify Convention 108+
An excellent week for the protection of privacy and personal data: Greece (5 March) and Monaco (6 March) ratified the “Protocol amending the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (CETS No. 223)” - also known as “Convention 108+” -...
Data Protection Day: exploring the current and future landscape of data protection
To mark Data Protection Day (28 January), the Council of Europe (CoE), CPDP Conferences and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) are co-organising a one-day event focused on exploring the current and future landscape of data protection. Data Protection Day this year arrives at a pivotal...
47th Plenary meeting of the Committee of Convention 108
The 47th Plenary meeting of the Committee of Convention 108 (T-PD) took place from 4 to 6 November 2024 in Strasbourg. The Committee held an exchange of views on the draft Guidelines in context of neurosciences with the experts Marcello Ienca (Technical University of Munich) and Eduardo Bertoni...
Secretariat of Committee of Convention 108 in G7 Privacy
The Secretariat of the Committee of Convention 108 participated in the G7 Privacy Roundtable in Rome, Italy and delivered a presentation on the topic ‘Privacy in the age of data’. The presentation focused on the instruments and policies of the Council of Europe and invited the participating...
Data protection and privacy rights: first regional HELP course launched in the Southern Mediterranean region
On 1 October, the Council of Europe launched the first regional course on Data Protection and Privacy Rights of the Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) programme in the Southern Mediterranean. Over 40 representatives of data protection authorities, ministries of justice,...
Data Protection Academy for the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership Region
The Data Protection Unit participated in, and contributed to, the Data Protection Academy for the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership Region on 9-13 September 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. The event was developed in cooperation with the EDPB, EDPS, OECD SIGMA Programme, GIZ (German International...
Participation in the ERA Summer Course on European Data Protection Law
The Secretariat of the Committee of Convention 108 participated in the Summer Course on European Data Protection Law organized by the Academy of European Law (ERA) on 16 September 2024 in Trier, Germany. In the panel entitled “Data Protection Law in Europe – Setting the Scene”, the Secretariat...
New guidelines to protect voters' personal data
The Council of Europe has issued guidelines aimed at protecting individuals' personal data when registering as voters and when their identity needs to be authenticated to participate in elections. The guidelines, prepared by the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of...
62nd Meeting of the Bureau of the Committee of Convention 108
The Bureau of the Committee of Convention 108 held its 62nd meeting on 11-12 September 2024 in Venice. The Bureau discussed operational changes linked to the entry into force of amending Protocol CETS No. 223 and continued its work on Interpretation of Article 11 of the modernised Convention, ...
Expert report on the privacy and data protection implication of the use of neurotechnology and neural data from the perspective of Convention 108+
A scientific report on "The privacy and data protection implication of the use of neurotechnology and neural data from the perspective of Convention 108+" prepared by Eduardo Bertoni and Marcello Ienca was presented at the 46th plenary meeting of the Committee of Convention 108 (T-PD) held on 5-7...
Publication of the Arabic Version of the Handbook on European Data Protection Law
As part of a longstanding cooperation between the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the Council of Europe, the "Handbook on European Data Protection Law" has been translated into Arabic. This handbook was jointly developed, and is published, by the Council of Europe, the...
Participation at the 37th International Conference “Valuable Data, Priceless Privacy”
The secretariat of the Committee of Convention 108 participated in the 37th International Conference “Valuable Data, Priceless Privacy” in Cambridge, 1 - 3 July 2024 organised by Privacy, Laws & Business. The theme of the conference included notably: Cross-regulatory cooperation, national digital...
European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG)
On 18 June, a panel co-organised by the Data Protection Unit of the Council of Europe at the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) was dedicated to the European approach on data governance. The Panel gathered speakers from different sectors: Marija Vujeva, from the Croatian Data...
Participation at the 3rd Venice Privacy Symposium
The Council of Europe contributed to several panels at the 3rd Venice Privacy Symposium — an emerging annual specialised and high-level forum for international cooperation and exchange of best practices. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe delivered a key-note message which underlined...
46th Plenary meeting of the Committee of Convention 108
The 46th Plenary meeting of the Committee of Convention 108 (T-PD) took place from 5 to 7 June 2024, in Strasbourg. The plenary meeting of the Committee of Convention 108 (T-PD) was productive with the adoption of the third module of the Model Contractual Clauses for the transfer of personal data...
Annual Plenary Meeting of the Ibero-American network
On 27-29 May, the Council of Europe - represented by Mr Patrick Penninckx, Head of Digital Development and Governance Department – took part in the Annual Plenary Meeting of the Ibero-american network. This meeting brought together 41 data protection authorities and human rights institutions...
CPDP 2024: A Panel on Council of Europe Model Contractual Clauses
On 22 May, a panel of the 2024 Computers, Privacy and Data Protection International Conference (known as “CPDP”) was dedicated to the Model Contractual Clauses (MCC) developed by the Committee of Convention 108. The Panel gathered high level speakers from different sectors such as Drudeisha...
Spring Conference welcomed the CoE support for cooperation within DPAs
The 32nd European Conference of Data protection Authorities (Spring Conference) took place on 14-16 May in Riga, Latvia. The conference stands as the annual gathering for all data protection authorities (DPAs) across Europe to promote cooperation and to address the common challenges and best...
